Arsenic-contaminated groundwater from parts of Damodar fan-delta and west of Bhagirathi River, West Bengal, India: Influence of fluvial geomorphology and Quaternary morphostratigraphy

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 489-501

  Acharyya, Subhrangsu K ^a   Shah, Babar A ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic in groundwater; Damodar fan delta; Quaternary morphostratigraphy; Source and release of arsenic; West Bengal (India)

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INDIA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; DAMODAR FAN DELTA; QUATERNARY MORPHOSTRATIGRAPHY; WEST BENGAL (INDIA);

GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BIOMASS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FAN DELTA; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INFILTRATION; IRON HYDROXIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUATERNARY; RECHARGE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BHAGIRATHI; DAMODAR RIVER; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 33947530383     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0482-z     Document Type: Article

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