Spatial variability and concentration of arsenic in the groundwater of a region in Nadia district, West Bengal, India;Räumliche verteilung und konzentration von arsen im grundwasser einer region des nadiabezirks in west-bengalen, Indien

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 521-527

  Ghosh, A K ^a   Sarkar, D ^a   Dutta, D ^a   Bhattacharyya, P ^a  

^a ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Ground water; India; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751164794     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0365034042000220757     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Acharyya, SK, Lahiri, S, Raymahashay, BC, and Bhowmik, A. 2000. Arsenic toxicity of groundwater in parts of the Bengal basin in India and Bangladesh: the role of Quaternary Stratigraphy and Holocene sea-level fluctuation. Env. Geol, 39: 1127-1137.
2. Ayers RS, Westcot DW, 1987 Water quality for agriculture Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Irrigation and Drainage Paper 29 1 173
3. Bhattacharyya, P, Ghosh, AK, Chakraborty, A, Chakrabarti, K, Tripathy, S, and Powell, MA. 2003. Arsenic uptake by rice and accumulation in soil amended with municipal solid waste compost. Comm. Soil Sci. and Plant Anal, 34: 2779-2790.
4. Ghosh, AK, Sarkar, D, Sanyal, SK, and Nayak, DC. 2002. Status and distribution of arsenic in alluvium derived soils of West Bengal and their interrelationship with some soil properties. J. Ind. Soc. Soil Sci, 50: 51-56.
5. Muralidharan, D. 1998. Protection of deep aquifers from arsenic contamination in Bengal Basin. Curr. Sci, 75: 351-353.
6. Nickson, R, McArthur, J, Burgess, W, Ahmed, KM, Ravenscroft, P, and Rahman, M. 1998. Arsenic poisoning of Bangladesh groundwater. Nature, 395: 338
7. Rosas, I, Belmont, R, Armienta, A, and Baez, A. 1999. Arsenic concentration in water, soil, milk and forage in Comarca Lagunera, Mexico. Water, Air, Soil Pollut, 112: 133-149.
8. Woolson, EA, Axley, JH, and Kearney, PC. 1973. The chemistry and phytotoxicity of arsenic in soils:II. Effects of time and phosphorus. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc, 37: 254-259.
9. World Health Organisation (WHO) 1996 Guidelines for drinking water quality 2 Health criteria and other supporting information. 2nd edn, Geneva
10. Xie, ZM, and Huang, CY. 1994. Relationships between Pb, Zn, As contents and rice tillering in soil-rice systems. J. Zhejiang Agri. Univ, 20: 67-71.
11. Xie, ZM, and Huang, CY. 1998. Control of arsenic toxicity in rice plants grown on an arsenic polluted paddy soil. Comm. Soil Sci. and Plant Anal, 29: 2471-2477.