Arsenic in the multi-aquifer system of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam: Analysis of large-scale spatial trends and controlling factors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6081-6088

  Erban, Laura E ^a   Gorelick, Steven M ^a   Fendorf, Scott ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; GROUNDWATER EXPLOITATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; PARSIMONIOUS MODELS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL DATA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; DATA SET; EXPLOITATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HOLOCENE; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; VIET NAM; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RIVER; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84901940953     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403932t     Document Type: Article

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