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Retardation of arsenic transport through a Pleistocene aquifer

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  • Alexander van Geen

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University)

  • Benjamín C. Bostick

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University)

  • Pham Thi Kim Trang

    (Research Centre for Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development (CETASD), Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University)

  • Vi Mai Lan

    (Research Centre for Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development (CETASD), Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University)

  • Nguyen-Ngoc Mai

    (Research Centre for Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development (CETASD), Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University)

  • Phu Dao Manh

    (Research Centre for Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development (CETASD), Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University)

  • Pham Hung Viet

    (Research Centre for Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development (CETASD), Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University)

  • Kathleen Radloff

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University
    Present addresses: Gradient, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA (K.R.); Sadat Associates, Trenton, New Jersey 08610, USA (Z.A.); Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, California 93740, USA (B.W.).)

  • Zahid Aziz

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University
    Present addresses: Gradient, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA (K.R.); Sadat Associates, Trenton, New Jersey 08610, USA (Z.A.); Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, California 93740, USA (B.W.).)

  • Jacob L. Mey

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University
    Kingsborough Community College)

  • Mason O. Stahl

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Charles F. Harvey

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Peter Oates

    (Anchor QEA)

  • Beth Weinman

    (Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University
    Present addresses: Gradient, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA (K.R.); Sadat Associates, Trenton, New Jersey 08610, USA (Z.A.); Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, California 93740, USA (B.W.).)

  • Caroline Stengel

    (Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland)

  • Felix Frei

    (Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland)

  • Rolf Kipfer

    (Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
    Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich ETHZ 8092, Switzerland)

  • Michael Berg

    (Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland)

Abstract

Holocene aquifers are the source of much arsenic poisoning in south and southeast Asia, whereas Pleistocene aquifers are mostly safe; here the delayed arsenic contamination of a Pleistocene aquifer is described and modelled.

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  • Alexander van Geen & Benjamín C. Bostick & Pham Thi Kim Trang & Vi Mai Lan & Nguyen-Ngoc Mai & Phu Dao Manh & Pham Hung Viet & Kathleen Radloff & Zahid Aziz & Jacob L. Mey & Mason O. Stahl & Charles F, 2013. "Retardation of arsenic transport through a Pleistocene aquifer," Nature, Nature, vol. 501(7466), pages 204-207, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:501:y:2013:i:7466:d:10.1038_nature12444
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12444
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