Mobilization of arsenic and other trace elements of health concern in groundwater from the Salí River Basin, Tucumán Province, Argentina

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-262

  Nicolli, Hugo B ^a   García, Jorge W ^b   Falcón, Carlos M ^b   Smedley, Pauline L ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chaco Pampean Plain; Groundwater geochemistry; Loess source; Trace element water quality

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; BORON; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LOESS; MOBILIZATION; OXIDATION; QUATERNARY; TERTIARY; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; TUCUMAN;

EID: 84857918877     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-011-9429-8     Document Type: Article

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