Factors affecting arsenic concentration in groundwater from Northwestern Chaco-Pampean Plain, Argentina

• Authors: GARCÍA Gabriela M.; ŠRÁČEK Ondřej; FERNANDEZ Diego S.; HIDALGO Margarita del Valle
• Year of publication: 2007
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Environmental Geology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Geochemistry
• Keywords: arsenic; loess; desorption; Chaco-Pampean Plain
• Description: Factors responsible for high arsenic concentration in the Northwest Chaco-Pampean Plain has been investigated. Principal factors seem to be dissolution of volcanic glass in loess and desorption.

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