Arsenic contamination in surface drainage and groundwater in part of the southeast Asian tin belt, Nakhon si Thammarat Province, southern Thailand

Environmental Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-33

  Williams, M ^a   Fordyce, F ^a   Paijitprapapon, A ^b   Charoenchaisri, P ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Arsenic contamination; Groundwater; Surface drainage; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HYDROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MINE WASTE; SURFACE DRAINAGE;

THAILAND, NAKHON SI THAMMARAT; THAILAND, NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, RON PHIBUN DISTRICT;

EID: 85047676608     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00770599     Document Type: Article

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