Natural contamination with arsenic and other trace elements in groundwater of the Central-West region of Chaco, Argentina

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1197-1206

  Blanes, Patricia S ^a   Buchhamer, Edgar E ^b   Giménez, María C ^b  

^a Instituto de Botánica Darwinion Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Arsenic; Chaco Central Dorsum; contamination; groundwater; heavy metals; physiochemical characteristic

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CHACO CENTRAL DORSUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL VARIABLES; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; DEEP WELLS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HIGH PH; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; RIVER NETWORK; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SHALLOW WELLS; SODIUM BICARBONATES; SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE; STUDY AREAS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CHLORINE; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORINE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEAD; PH; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS; WELLS; ZINC;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARGENTINA; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ARGENTINA; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; GROUNDWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER WELLS;

EID: 80052460019     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2011.598774     Document Type: Article

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