Processes Governing Arsenic Geochemistry in the Thermal Waters of Yellowstone National Park
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Yellowstone National Park, USA, has more than 10,000 thermal features throughout a land area of 2.2x10 acres (just short of a million hectares). These characteristics make it unique among the world’s geothermal areas and, consequently, it has been the subject of numerous geological, geochemical, and ecological studies. Past and current research related to arsenic in the thermal waters of Yellowstone provide insights to our understanding of arsenic geochemistry in geothermal systems.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001