Arsenic contamination in groundwater from parts of Ambagarh-Chowki block, Chhattisgarh, India: Source and release mechanism

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 148-158

  Acharyya, S K ^a   Shah, B A ^a   Ashyiya, I D ^b   Pandey, Y ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Ambagarh Chowki; Arsenic in groundwater; Chhattisgarh; India; Magmatic rocks in rift zone; Source and release mechanism

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; GRANITE; ROCK MECHANICS; SOILS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WATER WELLS;

AMBAGARH-CHOWKI; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; CHHATTISGARH; INDIA; MAGMATIC ROCKS IN RIFT ZONE; SOURCE AND RELEASE MECHANISM;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHHATTISGARH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 27944508308     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0074-3     Document Type: Article

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