Characterization and comparison of groundwater quality and redox conditions in the Arakawa Lowland and Musashino Upland, southern Kanto Plain of the Tokyo Metropolitan area, Japan

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 722; p. 137783
• Main Authors: Saito, Takeshi, Spadini, Lorenzo, Saito, Hirotaka, Martins, Jean M.F., Oxarango, Laurent, Takemura, Takato, Hamamoto, Shoichiro, Moldrup, Per, Kawamoto, Ken, Komatsu, Toshiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.06.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Groundwater quality; Groundwater redox conditions; Hydrogeochemical processes; Long-term monitoring; Sciences of the Universe; Tokyo Metropolitan area of Japan; Long-term monitoring; Tokyo Metropolitan area of Japan; Groundwater quality; Groundwater redox conditions; Hydrogeochemical processes

Groundwater is essential for the Earth biosphere but is often contaminated by harmful chemical compounds due to both anthropogenic and natural causes. A key factor controlling the fate of harmful chemicals in groundwater is the reduction/oxidation (redox) conditions. The formation factors for the gr...