Relations of arsenic concentrations among groundwater, soil and paddy from an alluvial plain of Korea

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-370

  Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar ^a   Zhu, Wei ^a   Kim, Seok Hwi ^a   Jung, Myung Chae ^b   Kim, Kangjoo ^a  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

arsenic; groundwater; paddy soil; rice; soil properties; uptake mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883806046     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-013-0031-1     Document Type: Article

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