Delineation of arsenic-contaminated zones in Bengal Delta, India: A geographic information system and fractal approach

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1009-1020

  Mukhopadhyay, Basab ^a   Mukherjee, P K ^a   Bhattacharya, Debkumar ^a   Sengupta, S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bengal Delta; India; Palaeochannel Weight on evidences analysis Fractal

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; FRACTALS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SAND; WATER WELLS;

BENGAL DELTA; DELINEATION; INDIA; PALAEOCHANNEL WEIGHT-ON-EVIDENCES ANALYSIS FRACTAL;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; BENGAL; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645310981     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0139-3     Document Type: Article

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