Distribution of groundwater arsenic and hydraulic gradient along the shallow groundwater flow-path in Hetao Plain, Northern China

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-39

  Zhang, Yilong ^a   Cao, Wengeng ^a   Wang, Wenzhong ^a   Dong, Qiuyao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Flow path; Groundwater; Hetao Plain; Hydraulic gradient; Transect

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; FLOW PATH; HETAO PLAIN; HIGH HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; REGIONAL HYDRAULIC GRADIENT; TRANSECT;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RUNOFF;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RECHARGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CHINA; HETAO; NEI MONGGOL; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84888432168     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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