Arsenic speciation and trace element analysis of the volcanic río Agrio and the geothermal waters of Copahue, Argentina

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 371-378

  Farnfield, Hannah R ^a   Marcilla, Andrea L ^b   Ward, Neil I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Patagonia BBS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Arsenic; Arsenic speciation; Copahue; ICP MS; Volcanic geothermal water

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARSENIC LEVELS; ARSENIC SPECIATION; ARSENIC SPECIES; CHEMICAL TOXICITY; COPAHUE; DIMETHYLARSINIC ACIDS; GEOTHERMAL STREAM; GEOTHERMAL WATER; ICP-MS; IN-FIELD; IRON-BASED; MONOMETHYLARSONIC ACIDS; PRECONCENTRATION AND SEPARATION; REDOX POTENTIALS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC WATERS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CHROMIUM; MANGANESE; REDOX REACTIONS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SURFACE WATERS; VANADIUM; VOLCANOES;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GEOTHERMAL WATER; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARSENIC; CORRELATION; CRATER LAKE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEPARATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ARGENTINA; COPAHUE; NEUQUEN; SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 84864054373     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.098     Document Type: Article

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