Genesis of arsenic in groundwater of North Bengal Plain using PCA: A case study of English Bazar Block, Malda District, West Bengal, India

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1796-1809

  Sikdar, P K ^a   Chakraborty, Surajit ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater; Hydrogeochemistry; Malda; PCA; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; FERTILIZERS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GARNETS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAVY WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE; IRON; IRON ANALYSIS; IRON OXIDES; IRRIGATION; LOADING; MANGANESE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NITRATES; NONMETALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORCHARDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; PESTICIDES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; RAIN; REUSABILITY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SPRAYING; SULFATE MINERALS; THEOREM PROVING; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LANDS; ALKALINE EARTHS; ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; ARSENIC-RICH GROUNDWATER; CASE STUDIES; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMBINED PROCESSING; EVOLUTION (CO); FERRIC IRON; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HIGH LOADINGS; HYDROCHEMICAL FACIES; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; ION CHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE PROCESSES; LAND USE; LITHOFACIES; MANGANESE (IV) OXIDE; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC MATTER (OM); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); RAINFALL RECHARGE; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; RETURN FLOW; RETURN WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; WEAK ACIDS; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; SATURATION; STOICHIOMETRY; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; GARO HILLS; INDIA; MEGHALAYA; RAJMAHAL HILLS; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 47249152298     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6742     Document Type: Article

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