Geogenic arsenic in groundwaters from Terai Alluvial Plain of Nepal

Journal De Physique. IV : JP

Volumn 107, Issue I, 2003, Pages 173-176

  Bhattacharya, P ^a   Tandukar, N ^b   Neku, A ^b   Valero, A A ^a   Mukherjee, A B ^c   Jacks, G ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b DWSS   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; INORGANIC ACIDS; IRON; MANGANESE; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

GEOGENIC ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; NEPAL; TERAI ALLUVIAL PLAIN;

ARSENIC;

EID: 0038039247     PISSN: 11554339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:20030270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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