Intermediate to high levels of arsenic and fluoride in deep geothermal aquifers from the northwestern Chacopampean Plain, Argentina
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Year of publication | 2006 |
Type | Article in Proceedings |
Conference | Natural Arsenic in Groundwaters of Latin America |
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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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