One century of the discovery of arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014) As 2014 : proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, May 11-16, 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina /: proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, May 11-16, 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Marta I. Litter, Hugo B. Nicolli, Martin Meichtry & Natalia Quici, Jochen Bundschuh, Prosun Bhattacharya, Ravi Naidu.
• Editors: Litter, Marta I; Nicolli, Hugo B; Meichtry, Martin; Quici, Natalia; Bundschuh, Jochen; Bhattacharya, Prosun; Naidu, R
• Other Names: International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, 5th
• Contents: Front Cover; Table of contents; About the book series; Obituary; Organizers; Scientific committee; Foreword (President, KTH); Foreword (President, USQ); Foreword (President, CNEA); Editors' foreword; List of contributors; Plenary presentations; Arsenic in mining: Sources and stability; Prospective evaluation of arsenic-related health effects in children; Affordable point-of-use water purification using nanomaterials; Section 1: Arsenic in environmental matrices (air, water, soil and biological matrices). 1.1 Geological and hydrogeological controls of arsenic in groundwater and other aquatic systemsHydrogeochemical controls on arsenic occurrence in Bangladesh aquifer; Tectonic-sourced groundwater arsenic in Andean foreland of Argentina: Insight from flow path modeling; Dissolution and entrapment of arsenic in fluvial point bars-case study of the Ganges River, Bihar, India; Geochemical processes controlling the mobilization of arsenic distribution in the Ganga Alluvial Plain; Arsenic mobilization in alluvial aquifers of the Brahmaputra floodplains: Hydrochemical and mineralogical evidences. Occurrence and lithostratigraphic control of arsenic concentrations of the groundwater of Barak valley (Assam), North Eastern IndiaNew arsenic province and major source in Mongolia; The influence of the Wenchuan earthquake to arsenic concentration in groundwater of Sichuan province, China; Chemical and isotopic characteristics of high arsenic groundwater in the Songnen basin, China; Arsenic and trace elements in natural fountains of towns in the Iron Quadrangle, Brazil; Geostatistical analysis for the delineation of potential groundwater As contamination. Integrated study of arsenic contamination in different matrices and targets in La Matanza, Buenos Aires province, ArgentinaArsenic distribution pattern in surface and groundwater matrix of southwestern Nigeria; Spatial distribution of arsenic in the region of Tarapacá, northern Chile; Chemical-hydrodynamic control of arsenic mobility at a river confluence; Speciation of arsenic in a saline aquatic ecosystem in northern Chile; Trophodynamics of arsenic in Nahuel Huapi Lake: Effect of PuyehueCordón Caulle volcanic eruption. Arsenic in different compartments of northwest Patagonian lakes, ArgentinaArsenic, selenium and lead contamination from the waters in surface Itapessoca catchment, northeastern Brazil; Diurnal geochemical changes at Champagne Pool, Waiotapu, New Zealand; Arsenic occurrence in Brazilian tropical beaches; Hourly concentrations of arsenic associated with Particulate Matter; 1.2 Controls of solid phase chemistry and sorption mechanisms; Arsenic in the solid phase of aquifers of the Pampean region (Argentina): Implications in the natural contamination of groundwaters.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor and Francis
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.73942098; Drinking water -- Arsenic content -- Latin America -- Congresses; Arsenic -- Toxicology -- Latin America -- History -- Congresses; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Arsenic -- Toxicology; Drinking water -- Arsenic content; Latin America; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315778884; 1315778882
• Related ISBNs: 9781138001411
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