Riddle of arsenic in groundwater of Bengal Delta Plain - Role of non-inland source and redox traps

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-206

  Chatterjee, D ^a,b   Roy, R K ^c,d   Basu, B B ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b School of Fundamental Research   (India)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^d Arsenic Technology Park   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bengal Delta Plain (BDP); DOC; Marine incursion; Terminal Pleistocene Holocene

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CLAY; DEBRIS; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON; MORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

BENGAL DELTA PLAIN (BDP); DOC; MARINE INCURSION; TERMINAL PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; BENGAL; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 28344436944     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0011-5     Document Type: Article

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