Characterisation of organic matter associated with groundwater arsenic in reducing aquifers of southwestern Taiwan

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 262, Issue , 2013, Pages 970-979

  Al Lawati, Wafa M ^a,b   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^c   Kulp, Thomas R ^d   Lee, Ming Kuo ^e   Polya, David A ^a   Liu, Chia Chuan ^c   Van Dongen, Bart E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HIGHER COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Oman)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chianan Plain; Groundwater; Organic matter; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHIANAN PLAIN; ELECTRON DONORS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESS; MOBILISATION; SOLID-PHASE; TAIWAN;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALKANOIC ACID; ALKANOL; ARSENIC; FERRIC ION; GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; ELECTRON; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; MICROCOSM; SEDIMENT; TAIWAN;

CHIANAN PLAIN; TAIWAN;

ARSENIC; CHIANAN PLAIN; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC MATTER; TAIWAN;

ARSENIC; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS; RIVERS; TAIWAN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84887607712     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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