Geothermal spring causes arsenic contamination in river waters of the southern Tibetan Plateau, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4143-4148

  Li, Chaoliu ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a   Chen, Pengfei ^a,b   Zhang, Qianggong ^a   Mi, Jue ^c   Gao, Shaopeng ^a   Sillanpää, Mika ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c People's Government   (China)

^d LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Geothermal spring; Lhasa River; Tibetan Plateau; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GROUNDWATER; RIVERS; URANIUM; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; AS CONTAMINATIONS; DILUTION PROCESS; LHASA RIVERS; LOCAL RESIDENTS; MONSOON SEASON; RIVER WATER SAMPLES; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; LHASA RIVER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84899420127     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2804-2     Document Type: Article

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