Spatial and temporal patterns of groundwater arsenic in shallow and deep groundwater of Yinchuan Plain, China

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-78

  Han, Shuangbao ^a,b   Zhang, Fucun ^b   Zhang, Hui ^b   An, Yonghui ^b   Wang, Yushan ^b   Wu, Xi ^b   Wang, Cheng ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Arsenic; China; Groundwater; Sediment; Yinchuan Plain

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; CHINA; SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRIES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; YINCHUAN PLAINS;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; SEDIMENTS; WATER LEVELS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WELL WATER;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU; YINCHUAN;

EID: 84888436402     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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