Temporal variation of groundwater level and arsenic concentration at Jianghan Plain, central China

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 149, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-119

  Duan, Yanhua ^a   Gan, Yiqun ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Deng, Yamin ^a   Guo, Xinxin ^a   Dong, Chuangju ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater level; Jianghan Plain; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CARBON; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER LEVELS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; JIANGHAN PLAINS; REDUCTIVE DESORPTION; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION OF IRON OXYHYDROXIDES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

CHINA; HUBEI; JIANGHAN PLAIN;

EID: 84949185722     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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