Arsenic and other oxyanion-forming trace elements in an alluvial basin aquifer: Evaluating sources and mobilization by isotopic tracers (Sr, B, S, O, H, Ra)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1364-1376

  Vinson, David S ^a   Mcintosh, Jennifer C ^b   Dwyer, Gary S ^a   Vengosh, Avner ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL BASINS; CATION EXCHANGES; ELEVATED LEVEL; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; ISOTOPIC TRACER; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW LEVEL; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; RADIOGENIC VALUES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SILICATE WEATHERING; SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ANTIMONY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FLUORINE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GYPSUM; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; POSITIVE IONS; RADIUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATES; STRONTIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BASIN FILL; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; MOBILIZATION; PALEOZOIC; PH; PROTEROZOIC; SEMIARID REGION; TRACER; VOLCANIC ROCK; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES; WILLCOX BASIN;

EID: 79961022676     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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