Origin and concentration profile of chromium in a Greek aquifer

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 281, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-46

  Dermatas, Dimitris ^a   Mpouras, Thanasis ^a   Chrysochoou, Maria ^b   Panagiotakis, Iraklis ^a   Vatseris, Christos ^c   Linardos, Nikos ^c   Theologou, Eleni ^a   Boboti, Nefeli ^a   Xenidis, Anthimos ^a   Papassiopi, Nymphodora ^a   Sakellariou, Lefki ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c INTERGEO Environmental Technology Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Discrete sampling; Geogenic; Groundwater; Hexavalent chromium; Ultramafic soils

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; MANGANESE; POTABLE WATER; SERPENTINE; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DISCRETE SAMPLING; GEOGENIC; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; NORTHERN GREECE; ULTRAMAFIC SOILS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CHROMIUM; CHRYSOTILE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; MANGANESE OXIDE; METAL; MINERAL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MINERAL; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; GREECE; MINERALOGY; NATURAL SPRING; OXIDATION; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

GREECE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; GROUNDWATER; METALS; MINERALS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84921898398     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.09.050     Document Type: Article

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