A field and reactive transport model study of arsenic in a basaltic rock aquifer

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 553-564

  Sigfusson, Bergur ^a,b   Gislason, Sigurdur R ^b   Meharg, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-D MODELS; ADSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; AS SPECIES; BASALTIC AQUIFER; BASALTIC GLASS; BASALTIC LAVA; BASALTIC ROCKS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CROSS SECTION; DATA SETS; EARTH'S SURFACE; FIELD APPLICATION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATH; GEOTHERMAL EFFLUENTS; GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL WATER; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER WELLS; ICELANDS; LONG TIME SERIES; OXYANIONS; PHREEQC; RAPID OXIDATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; REDUCED SYSTEMS; SURFACE RUNOFFS;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BASALT; CHLORINE; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAKES; MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SURFACE REACTIONS; TIME SERIES; WATER WELLS;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; ARSENITE; BASALT; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; MOBILIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OXIDATION; POWER PLANT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SHORELINE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SURFACE WATER; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WELL WATER;

ICELAND; THINGVALLAVATN;

EID: 79952622854     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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