Groundwater arsenic contamination affecting different geologic domains in India - A review: Influence of geological setting, fluvial geomorphology and Quaternary stratigraphy

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1795-1805

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

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic in groundwater; Damodar fan delta; Dongargarh rift zone in Chhattisgarh; Holocene sea level rise; Middle Ganga Plain; Source and release of arsenic

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COAL; CONTAMINATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; IRON; MINERALS; ROCKS;

DAMODAR FAN-DELTA; DONGARGARH RIFT ZONE IN CHHATTISGARH; HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL RISE; MIDDLE GANGA PLAIN; SOURCE AND RELEASE OF ARSENIC;

WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRON; IRON OXIDE; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PYRITE;

AQUIFER; DISSOLUTION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FLOODPLAIN; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; INDIA; OXIDATION; QUATERNARY (PERIOD); REVIEW; ROCK; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 35348952768     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520701566744     Document Type: Review

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