Trace element geochemistry of groundwater from Quetta Valley, western Pakistan

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 573-582

  Khan, Shuhab D ^a   Mahmood, Khalid ^b   Sultan, Mohamed I ^c   Khan, Abdul S ^b   Xiong, Yingqian ^a   Sagintayev, Zhanay ^c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater chemistry; ICP MS; Trace elements; Ultramafic rocks

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MINING ACTIVITIES; NICKEL CONTAMINATION; PAKISTAN; ROCK ALTERATIONS; TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY; TUBEWELLS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; WATER QUALITY STUDIES; WATER SOURCE;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LANDFORMS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SELENIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MINING; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; WATER QUALITY;

BALUCHISTAN; PAKISTAN; QUETTA;

EID: 77954171644     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0197-z     Document Type: Article

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