Aqueous and mineralogical analysis of arsenic in the reduced, circumneutral groundwater and sediments of the lower Fraser River delta, British Columbia, Canada

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-469

  Bolton, Mark ^a   Beckie, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC C; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE; FE OXIDE; FRASER RIVER; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SOLID-PHASE; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; TOTAL SOLIDS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAKES; PEAT; RIVERS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STREAM FLOW;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AMMONIUM; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DELTA; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EXTRACTION METHOD; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; MOBILIZATION; PEAT; PETROGRAPHY; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER DELTA;

EID: 79952607162     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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