Natural arsenic in the groundwater of the alluvial aquifers of Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina

Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Occurrence, Remediation and Management - Proceedings of the Pre-Congress Workshop "Natural Arsenic in Groundwater (BWO 06)", 32nd International Geological Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 57-65

  Bhattacharya, Prosun ^a   Claesson, Mattias ^a   Fagerberg, Jens ^a   Bundschuh, Jochen ^b   Del R Storniolo, Angel ^b   Martin, Raul A ^b   Thir, Juan Martin ^b   Sracek, Ondra ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO   (Argentina)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PROCESS; AL OXIDE; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ARGENTINA; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE VALUES; CATION EXCHANGES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DOMINANT SPECIES; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; HIGH PH; HIGH PH VALUE; LOCAL SCALE; OXALATE EXTRACTION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECIATION CALCULATIONS; VOLCANIC ASH;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; ESTERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MANGANESE; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; PH; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATES; VOLCANOES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84863393282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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