Geochemistry and Cr stable isotopes of Cr-contaminated groundwater in León valley, Guanajuato, México

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1783-1794

  Villalobos Aragón, Alejandro ^a   Ellis, Andre S ^b   Armienta, María A ^c   Morton Bermea, Ofelia ^c   Johnson, Thomas M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; CONTAMINATED WATER; CR ISOTOPES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PROCESSING RESIDUES; PUMP AND TREAT; REDUCTANTS; STABLE ISOTOPE DATA; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

AQUIFERS; CHROMATES; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; LAND FILL; LEACHING; REMEDIATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; CHROMOSOME; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; PLUME; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER POLLUTION;

GUANAJUATO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84865344983     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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