Arsenic in groundwater and sediment in the Mekong River delta, Vietnam

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2648-2658

  Hoang, Thi Hanh ^a   Bang, Sunbaek ^a   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^a   Nguyen, My Hoa ^b   Dang, Duy Minh ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Core sample; Groundwater; Iron; Manganese; Mekong river delta; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; DOMINANT MECHANISM; DRINKING WATER; ELEVATED LEVEL; FE OXIDE; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; MEKONG RIVER; MN CONCENTRATIONS; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SAMPLING SITE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; VIET NAM;

ARSENIC; CORE SAMPLES; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METAL RECOVERY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FERRIC OXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; ARTESIAN WELL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; MANGANESE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; VIET NAM; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

AN GIANG; DONG THAP; MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 77958194763     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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