Origin, mobility, and temporal evolution of arsenic from a low-contamination catchment in Alpine crystalline rocks

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 262, Issue , 2013, Pages 887-895

  Pili, Eric ^a,b   Tisserand, Delphine ^c   Bureau, Sarah ^c  

^a DIF   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Isotopes; Monitoring; Pyrite; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; MONITORING; PYRITES;

ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATERS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SULFATE;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 18; PYRITE; RAIN; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

ARSENIC; CATCHMENT; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOBILITY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RECHARGE; REDUCTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; FLOW RATE; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; ROCK; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; ISOTOPES; MONITORING; PYRITE; SULFATE;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; RIVERS; SULFATES; SULFIDES; SULFUR; SULFUR ISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84887616788     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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