Release of arsenic to deep groundwater in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, linked to pumping-induced land subsidence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 13751-13756

  Erban, Laura E ^a   Gorelick, Steven M ^a   Zebker, Howard A ^a   Fendorf, Scott ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer system; Clay compaction; Groundwater contamination; InSAR

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CLAY; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LAND USE; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOLUTE; TEMPERATURE; VIET NAM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; RIVER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84882807445     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1300503110     Document Type: Article

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