Arsenic in sediments, groundwater, and streamwater of a glauconitic Coastal Plain terrain, New Jersey, USA-Chemical " fingerprints" for geogenic and anthropogenic sources

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 763-776

  Barringer, Julia L ^a   Reilly, Pamela A ^a   Eberl, Dennis D ^a   Blum, Alex E ^a   Bonin, Jennifer L ^a   Rosman, Robert ^a   Hirst, Barbara ^b   Alebus, Marzooq ^b   Cenno, Kimberly ^b   Gorska, Miroslawa ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AS CONTENT; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CHEMICAL PATTERN; COASTAL PLAIN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC C; DRY AND WET; GEOGENIC; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH FLOW; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; NEW JERSEY; NEW JERSEY , USA; SEDIMENT SAMPLING; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; STATE STANDARDS; STREAM WATER; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LANDFORMS; MICA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COASTAL PLAIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GEOGENIC SOURCE; GLAUCONITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); STREAM BED; STREAMWATER; TERRAIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953715938     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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