The sources of geogenic arsenic in aquifers at Datong basin, northern China: Constraints from isotopic and geochemical data

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-166

  Xie, Xianjun ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Ellis, Andre ^b   Su, Chunli ^a   Li, Junxia ^a   Li, Mengdi ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer sediment; Arsenic; Datong basin; Sources; Zircon U Pb age

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONTENT; DATONG BASIN; DETECTION LIMITS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOGENIC; MATRIX; NORTHERN CHINA; PERMIAN; PRECAMBRIAN; PYRITE GRAINS; ROCK SAMPLE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; TAIYUAN FORMATION; ZIRCON U-PB AGE; ZIRCON U-PB DATING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WEATHERING; ZIRCON;

ARSENIC;

AQUIFER; ARCHEAN; ARSENIC; CARBONIFEROUS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOGENIC SOURCE; IRON OXIDE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALOGY; OUTCROP; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SULFIDE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; WATER CHEMISTRY; ZIRCON;

CHINA; DATONG BASIN; SHANXI;

EID: 79960649328     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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