Intermediate to high levels of arsenic and fluoride in deep geothermal aquifers from the northwestern Chacopampean Plain, Argentina

García, Gabriela M.; Moreno, César; Fernández, Diego S.; Galindo, María C.; Šráček,  Ondřej; Hidalgo, Margarita del V.

Intermediate to high levels of arsenic and fluoride in deep geothermal aquifers from the northwestern Chacopampean Plain, Argentina

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Authors	GARCÍA Gabriela M. MORENO César FERNÁNDEZ Diego S. GALINDO María C. ŠRÁČEK Ondřej HIDALGO Margarita del V.
Year of publication	2006
Type	Article in Proceedings
Conference	Natural Arsenic in Groundwaters of Latin America
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
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.
Related projects:	Geological Processes and their Environmental Impact - Contact of the Variscides and Alpides