Primary sink and source of geogenic arsenic in sedimentary aquifers in the southern Choushui River alluvial fan, Taiwan

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 684-695

  Lu, Kuang Liang ^a   Liu, Chen Wuing ^a   Wang, Sheng Wei ^a   Jang, Cheng Shin ^b   Lin, Kao Hung ^c   Liao, Vivian Hsiu Chuan ^a   Liao, Chung Min ^a   Chang, Fi John ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; AS CONTENT; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; DUAL ROLE; GEOGENIC; MINERAL PHASIS; OXYHYDROXIDES; REDOX CONDITION; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; RELEASE MECHANISM; SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; XPS; XRD; XRF ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IRON ORES; LANDFORMS; OXIDE MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALLUVIAL FAN; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; GEOGENIC SOURCE; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; MAGNETITE; MOBILITY; MONSOON; PARTITIONING; PUMPING; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WATER TABLE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CHOUSHUI RIVER; TAIWAN;

EID: 77950918183     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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