Characterisation of organic matter and microbial communities in contrasting arsenic-rich Holocene and arsenic-poor Pleistocene aquifers, Red River Delta, Vietnam

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 315-325

  Al Lawati, Wafa M ^a,b   Rizoulis, Athanasios ^a   Eiche, Elisabeth ^c   Boothman, Christopher ^a   Polya, David A ^a   Lloyd, Jonathan R ^a   Berg, Michael ^d   Vasquez Aguilar, Patricio ^a   Van Dongen, Bart E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HIGHER COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Oman)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BIOMARKER DISTRIBUTIONS; CLONE LIBRARY; ELECTRON DONORS; GEOBACTER; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOGENIC; HEALTH IMPACT; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOLOCENES; HUMAN POPULATION; IN-SITU; IN-SITU PROCESS; METAL REDUCTION; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MOBILISATION; MULTIPLE SOURCE; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE AQUIFERS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RED RIVER DELTA; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SOURCE ROCKS; VIET NAM;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GENES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; METALS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEALTH RISK; HOLOCENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PLEISTOCENE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHALLOW WATER;

RED RIVER DELTA; VIET NAM;

GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOBACTER;

EID: 84855448314     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.09.030     Document Type: Article

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