Pathways of coupled arsenic and iron cycling in high arsenic groundwater of the Hetao basin, Inner Mongolia, China: An iron isotope approach

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 130-145

  Guo, Huaming ^a,b   Liu, Chen ^b   Lu, Hai ^c   Wanty, R B ^d   Wang, Jun ^c   Zhou, Yinzhu ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY   (China)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; IRON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; HETAO BASIN; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84876478209     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.02.031     Document Type: Article

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