Concentrations and speciation of arsenic along a groundwater flow-path in the Upper Floridan aquifer, Florida, USA |
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| Authors: | S E Haque K H Johannesson |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas at Arlington, UTA, Box 19049, Arlington, TX 76019-0049, USA |
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| Abstract: | Arsenic (As) concentrations and speciation were determined in groundwaters along a flow-path in the Upper Floridan aquifer (UFA) to investigate the biogeochemical “evolution“ of As in this relatively pristine aquifer. Dissolved inorganic As species were separated in the field using anion-exchange chromatography and subsequently analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Total As concentrations are higher in the recharge area groundwaters compared to down-gradient portions of UFA. Redox conditions vary from relatively oxic to anoxic along the flow-path. Mobilization of As species in UFA groundwaters is influenced by ferric iron reduction and subsequent dissolution, sulfate reduction, and probable pyrite precipitation that are inferred from the data to occur along distinct regions of the flow-path. In general, the distribution of As species are consistent with equilibrium thermodynamics, such that arsenate dominates in more oxidizing waters near the recharge area, and arsenite predominates in the progressively reducing groundwaters beyond the recharge area. |
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| Keywords: | Arsenic Speciation Groundwater Flow-path Upper Floridan aquifer |
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