Arsenic in a fractured slate aquifer system, New England, USA: Influence of bedrock geochemistry, groundwater flow paths, redox and ion exchange

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-192

  Ryan, Peter C ^a   Kim, Jonathan J ^b   Mango, Helen ^c   Hattori, Keiko ^d   Thompson, Ali ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Vermont Geological Survey   (United States)

^c Castleton State College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MINERAL SURFACES; NEW ENGLAND , USA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PYRITE DISSOLUTION;

ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; PYRITES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SLATE; SODIUM;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BEDROCK; DISSOLUTION; FERRIHYDRITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; ORDOVICIAN; OXIDATION; PH; PYRITE; RECHARGE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SULFATE; TACONIC OROGENY; TOPOGRAPHY;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888296877     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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