Arsenic in groundwater of the Paraiba do Sul delta, Brazil: An atmospheric source?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 482-483, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 148-156

  Mirlean, N ^a   Baisch, P ^a   Diniz, D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Atmospheric deposition; Delta; Groundwater; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEDIMENTS;

AQUIFER SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; DELTA; INTERSTITIAL WATER; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARSENIC; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; SULFIDE; SURFACE WATER;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; PARAIBA DO SUL DELTA; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DELTA; GROUNDWATER; SEDIMENT;

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84896141357     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.138     Document Type: Article

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