Arsenic content in groundwater from the southern part of the San Antonio-El Triunfo mining district, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 518, Issue PC, 2014, Pages 447-459

  Wurl, Jobst ^a   Mendez Rodriguez, Lía ^b   Acosta Vargas, Baudilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Boron; Geothermal fluids; Gold mining; San Antonio El Triunfo; Submarine vents

Indexed keywords

BORON;

ARSENIC CONTENT; BAJA CALIFORNIA; GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; GOLD MINING; ME-XICO; MINING DISTRICT; SAN ANTONIO;

ARSENIC;

ALKALINITY; ARSENIC; BORON; GOLD MINE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MINING INDUSTRY; ORE MINERAL; PH; SILVER; WASTE TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; LA PAZ [BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84908336042     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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