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Did Arsenic Contamination in the Inagawa River Occur in Geogenic Relation to the Great Hanshin (Kobe) Earthquake of 1995?
Author(s) -
Ogoshi Kumiko,
Mori Ippei,
Gotoh Kaoru,
Ogawa Kiyoshi
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
applied organometallic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1099-0739
pISSN - 0268-2605
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0739(199611)10:9<757::aid-aoc548>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - tributary , arsenic , arsenic contamination of groundwater , contamination , environmental chemistry , chemistry , groundwater , geology , geography , ecology , geotechnical engineering , cartography , organic chemistry , biology
Arsenic contamination in river and ground water was investigated in the Inagawa area of Kansai district, Japan, from August to October, 1995. Arsenic has been continually detected at a level about 2 times higher than the environmental standard in the two tributaries of the Inagawa River, i.e. the Kimo and the Shio Rivers. The arsenic contamination was probably caused by the topographical change after the Great Hanshin Earthquake.