Mineralogical study of some arsenic contaminated soils of West Bengal, India

Geoderma

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 300-309

  Ghosh, A K ^a   Sarkar, D ^a   Bhattacharyya, P ^b   Maurya, U K ^a   Nayak, D C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; DTA; Mineralogy; Soil; XRD

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MINERALOGY; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; CLAY MINERALOGY; GHENTUGACHHI; SAND MINERALOGY;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; ARSENOPYRITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORITE; ILLITE; IRON HYDROXIDE; KAOLINITE; MAGNETITE; MARCASITE; MICA; MINERALOGY; MONTMORILLONITE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUARTZ; SMECTITE; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE; VERMICULITE;

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

MICAS; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 33751193222     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.03.044     Document Type: Article

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