Microcosm depth profiles of arsenic release in a shallow aquifer, West Bengal

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 855-863

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Aquifer; Arsenic; Bengal; Microcosm

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; GROUNDWATER; IRON; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER; GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS; INDIA; MICROCOSM;

ARSENIC;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 31344441456     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461056950293     Document Type: Article

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