Arsenic contamination of natural waters in San Juan and La Pampa, Argentina

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 491-515

  O'Reilly, J ^a,b   Watts, M J ^a   Shaw, R A ^a   Marcilla, A L ^b   Ward, N I ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argentina; Arsenic; Groundwater; ICP MS; Organoarsenicals; Speciation; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; WATER;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ION EXCHANGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARGENTINA; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ARGENTINA; LA PAMPA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA]; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA];

EID: 78049307471     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9317-7     Document Type: Article

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