Pond-derived organic carbon driving changes in arsenic hazard found in asian groundwaters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7085-7094

  Lawson, Michael ^a   Polya, David A ^a   Boyce, Adrian J ^b   Bryant, Charlotte ^c   Mondal, Debapriya ^a   Shantz, Andrew ^d   Ballentine, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d Resource Development International Cambodia   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; BIOAVAILABLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER PUMPING; ISOTOPIC DATA; REDUCTIVE PROCESS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOHAZARDS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKES; PUMPS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; POND; PUMPING;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ASIA; CAMBODIA; INDIA; POND; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ARSENIC; CAMBODIA; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; PONDS; RIVERS; TRITIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA;

EID: 84880104051     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400114q     Document Type: Article

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