Geochemical study of arsenic release mechanisms in the Bengal Basin groundwater

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 12-1-12-18

  Dowling, Carolyn B ^a,c   Poreda, Robert J ^a   Basu, Asish R ^a   Peters, Scott L ^a   Aggarwal, Pradeep K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bengal Basin; Groundwater; Hydrogeochemistry; Iron oxy hydroxides; Microbes

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; PHOSPHATES; SEDIMENTS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

TRANSITION ZONES;

WATER RESOURCES;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

BENGAL BASIN; INDIA;

MICA;

EID: 0036761370     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000968     Document Type: Article

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