Influence of hydrological and hydrogeochemical parameters on arsenic variation in shallow groundwater of southwestern Taiwan

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 408, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 286-295

  Wang, Sheng Wei ^a,b   Kuo, Yi Ming ^c   Kao, Yu Hsuan ^d   Jang, Cheng Shin ^e   Maji, Sanjoy Kumar ^d   Chang, Fi John ^d   Liu, Chen Wuing ^d  

^a Agricultural Engineering Research Center Chungli   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dynamic factor analysis; Geochemistry; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; AS CONTENT; DIMENSION REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; DOWNSTREAM AREAS; DRY AND WET; DYNAMIC FACTOR ANALYSIS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FE REDUCTIONS; GROUNDWATER ELEVATIONS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES; RAINY SEASONS; RAPID INFILTRATION; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; RIVER WATER; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFIDE PRECIPITATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME COMPONENTS; WET SEASON;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SEAWATER; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; HYDROXIDE; INFILTRATION; IRON; MINERALIZATION; MOBILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PUMPING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; RIVER WATER; SEAWATER; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFIDE; TIME SERIES; WELL;

CHOUSHUI RIVER; TAIWAN;

EID: 80052936692     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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