Role of Quaternary stratigraphy on arsenic-contaminated groundwater from parts of Middle Ganga Plain, UP-Bihar, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1553-1561

  Shah, Babar A ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic in groundwater; Middle Ganga Plain; Quaternary morphostratigraphy; Source and release of arsenic; UP Bihar (India)

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; MIDDLE GANGA PLAIN; QUATERNARY MORPHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SOURCE AND RELEASE OF ARSENIC;

GROUNDWATER;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38149132413     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0766-y     Document Type: Article

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