Intermediate to high levels of arsenic and fluoride in deep geothermal aquifers from the northwestern Chacopampean Plain, Argentina

• Authors: GARCÍA Gabriela M.; MORENO César; FERNÁNDEZ Diego S.; GALINDO María C.; ŠRÁČEK Ondřej; HIDALGO Margarita del V.
• Year of publication: 2006
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: Natural Arsenic in Groundwaters of Latin America
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Geochemistry
• Keywords: arsenic; fluoride; Chacopampean Plain; geothermal aquifers
• Description: There are high concentrations of arsenic and fluoride in deep geothermal aquifers at Chacopampean Plain in northwestern Argentina. They seem to be related with volcanic Tertiary sediments leached by up-ward flow of geothermal fluids.

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