Surface complexation modeling for predicting solid phase arsenic concentrations in the sediments of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, Arkansas, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 496-504

  Sharif, Md Salah U ^a   Davis, Ralph K ^a   Steele, Kenneth F ^a   Kim, Burmshik ^a   Hays, Phillip D ^a   Kresse, Tim M ^b   Fazio, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVITY; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BELOW GROUND SURFACES; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; DOUBLE LAYER MODELS; DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES; FE OXIDE; FERRIHYDRITES; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL RESULTS; NATURAL SEDIMENTS; PHREEQC; POTENTIAL HEALTH; REDOX CONDITION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHALLOW WELLS; SITE DENSITY; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOLID-PHASE; SORPTION CONSTANT; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELING; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELS;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORPTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; ELEMENT MOBILITY; EXTRACTION METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; IRON OXIDE; MOBILIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SORPTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ARKANSAS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952618064     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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