Processes releasing arsenic to groundwater in the Caldes de Malavella geothermal area, NE Spain

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5618-5630

  Piqué, Àngels ^a,b   Grandia, Fidel ^b   Canals, Àngels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Passeig de Garcia i Fària 49 51   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Arsenate; Arsenite; Iron oxyhydroxide; Nitrate; Thermal water

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ARSENATE; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENITE; GEOTHERMAL AREAS; IRON OXYHYDROXIDES; NONTHERMAL; OXYHYDROXIDES; THERMAL GROUNDWATER; THERMAL WATERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NITRATES;

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; ARSENATE; ARSENITE; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GUIDELINE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; PH; REDOX CONDITIONS; SILICIC ACID; THERMAL WATER; TRACER;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

CALDES DE MALAVELLA; CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 78649471910     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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