Metal geochemistry of a brackish lake: Etang Saumâtre, Haiti

Medical Geochemistry: Geological Materials and Health

Volumn 9789400743724, Issue , 2013, Pages 149-166

  Eisen Cuadra, Alex ^a   Christian, Alan D ^a   Dorval, Emmanis ^b   Broadaway, Bryanna ^a   Herron, Josi ^c   Hannigan, Robyn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Dorval Initiative de Recherche Ecologique and Consultation   (Haïti)

^c University of Great Falls   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed basin; Drinking water; Groundwater; Redox chemistry; Sediment geochemistry; Trace elements; Transition metals

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; LAKES; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTS; TRANSITION METALS; WATER QUALITY;

BRACKISH LAKES; CLOSED-BASIN; FRESH WATER; GUIDELINE VALUES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; REDOX CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRIES; SHALLOW WELLS; TRACE METAL; TRACES ELEMENTS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84931438541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4372-4_9     Document Type: Chapter

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