Speciation and natural attenuation of arsenic and iron in a tidally influenced shallow aquifer

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5528-5553

  Root, Robert A ^a   Vlassopoulos, Dimitri ^b   Rivera, Nelson A ^a   Rafferty, Michael T ^b   Andrews, Charles ^b   O'Day, Peggy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SS Papadopulos and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; IRON; REDOX CONDITIONS; SORPTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRANSITION ZONE; WATER LEVEL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69149099932     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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