Genesis of arsenic contamination of groundwater in alluvial Gangetic aquifer in India

Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Occurrence, Remediation and Management - Proceedings of the Pre-Congress Workshop "Natural Arsenic in Groundwater (BWO 06)", 32nd International Geological Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 17-23

  Acharyya, S K ^a   Shah, B A ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAINS; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC POLLUTION; BANGLADESH; BENGAL BASIN; FERRIC OXIDE; FLOOD-PLAINS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; PLEISTOCENE; REDUCING CONDITIONS; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; WEST BENGAL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRON OXIDES; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 33947537739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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