Arsenic in Latin America: New findings on source, mobilization and mobility in human environments in 20 countries based on decadal research 2010-2020

J Bundschuh, MA Armienta… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Today (year 2020), the globally recognized problem of arsenic (As) contamination
of water resources and other environments at toxic levels has been reported in all of the 20 …

Arsenic in waters, soils, sediments, and biota from Mexico: An environmental review

CC Osuna-Martínez, MA Armienta… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
We reviewed over 226 studies dealing with arsenic (As) in water bodies (124 sites or
regions; 5,834 samples), soils (44; 2,700), sediments (56; 765), rocks (6; 85), mine waste …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking nitrate and sulfate sources in groundwater of an urbanized valley using a multi-tracer approach combined with a Bayesian isotope mixing model

JA Torres-Martínez, A Mora, PSK Knappett… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, groundwater quality has deteriorated worldwide by nitrate pollution
due to the intensive use of fertilizers in agriculture, release of untreated urban sewage and …

Arsenic in Latin America: A critical overview on the geochemistry of arsenic originating from geothermal features and volcanic emissions for solving its environmental …

N Morales-Simfors, J Bundschuh, I Herath… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Geothermal fluids and volcanic emissions are important sources of arsenic (As), resulting in
elevated concentrations of As in ground-, surface-water and soil, which may adversely affect …

Rising arsenic concentrations from dewatering a geothermally influenced aquifer in central Mexico

PSK Knappett, Y Li, I Loza, H Hernandez, M Avilés… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
This study identifies causes of rising arsenic (As) concentrations over 17 years in an inter-
montane aquifer system located just north of the Trans-Mexican-Volcanic-Belt in the Mesa …

Silicate weathering contributed to arsenic enrichment in geotherm-affected groundwater in Pliocene aquifers of the Guide basin, China

S Xing, H Guo, L Zhang, Z Wang, X Sun - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
High arsenic (As) groundwater in reduced shallow Holocene and Pleistocene aquifers has
been intensively investigated, but the occurrence and the genesis mechanisms of high As …

Exploring the shallow geothermal resources in the Chilean Southern Volcanic Zone: Insight from the Liquine thermal springs

L Daniele, M Taucare, B Viguier, G Arancibia… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Southern Volcanic Zone (SVZ) hosts numerous thermal springs (25–85° C), related
to Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault System (LOFS) and Andean Transverse Faults (ATFs), suggesting the …

Worldwide distribution, health risk, treatment technology, and development tendency of geogenic high-arsenic groundwater

J Guo, W Cao, G Lang, Q Sun, T Nan, X Li, Y Ren, Z Li - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The presence of high concentrations of geogenic arsenic (As) in groundwater poses a
serious threat to the health of millions of individuals globally. This paper examines the …

Boron in an onshore mud volcanic environment: Case study from the Kerch Peninsula, the Caucasus continental collision zone

EV Sokol, SN Kokh, OA Kozmenko, VY Lavrushin… - Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerous mud volcanoes (MVs) of the Kerch Peninsula emit water and mud with extreme
boron enrichment. Boron content correlates with the burial depth of the source Oligo …

Influence of geological faults on dissolved arsenic concentrations in an overexploited aquifer with shallow geothermal heat

VP González, RM Avilés, JHH Anguiano… - Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrochemical and mineralogical analyses were performed to identify the main processes
that contribute to the concentration of total inorganic arsenic (iAs) in groundwater within the …