Can arsenic occurrence rates in bedrock aquifers be predicted?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2080-2087

  Yang, Qiang ^a,b   Jung, Hun Bok ^a   Marvinney, Robert G ^c   Culbertson, Charles W ^d   Zheng, Yan ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c Maine Geological Survey   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BEDROCK AQUIFERS; BEDROCK GEOLOGY; DATA SETS; HIGH PH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AQUIFERS; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; SULFATE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BEDROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BEDROCK; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; PH; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCK; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAINE; NITRATES; OXYGEN; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUGUSTA [MAINE]; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863236798     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203793x     Document Type: Article

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