Preliminary EXAFS studies of solid phase speciation of As in a West Bengali sediment

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1183-1191

  Gault, A G ^a   Polya, D A ^a   Charnock, J M ^a,b   Islam, F S ^a   Lloyd, J R ^a   Chatterjee, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; EXAFS; India; Speciation; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ELECTRON DONORS; SOLID PHASE SPECIATION;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER QUALITY;

EID: 1542317469     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036760157     Document Type: Article

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