Aquifer Arsenic Cycling Induced by Seasonal Hydrologic Changes within the Yangtze River Basin

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3521-3529

  Schaefer, Michael V ^a   Ying, Samantha C ^b   Benner, Shawn G ^c   Duan, Yanhua ^d   Wang, Yanxin ^d   Fendorf, Scott ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CARBON; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER LEVELS; WELL TESTING;

GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; PROBABILITY OF FALSE NEGATIVES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; YANGTZE RIVER , CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; WATER; IRON; SULFIDE; WATER POLLUTANT; WELL WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY SEASON; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION MONITORING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WELL TESTING;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; HUBEI; JIANGHAN PLAIN; YANGTZE BASIN;

ARSENIC; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; IRON; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOLUBILITY; SULFIDES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84964354235     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04986     Document Type: Article

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