Retracted: “Hydrogeochemical behavior of arsenic-enriched groundwater in the deltaic environment: Comparison between two study sites in West Bengal, India” [Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 99(1-4) (2008) 22–30](S0169772208000636)(10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.04.004);Hydrogeochemical behavior of arsenic-enriched groundwater in the deltaic environment: Comparison between two study sites in West Bengal, India

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 22-30

  Mukherjee Goswami, Aishwaya ^a   Nath, Bibhash ^b   Jana, Joydev ^a   Sahu, Sudip Jyoti ^a   Sarkar, Madhav Jyoti ^a   Jacks, Gunnar ^c   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^c   Mukherjee, Abhijit ^d   Polya, David A ^e   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^b   Chatterjee, Debashis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Arsenic mobility; Bengal Delta Plain; Geochemistry; Redox behavior

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SALINE WATER;

ARSENIC MOBILITY; BENGAL DELTA PLAINS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; REDOX BEHAVIOR; REDUCTION PROCESS; SALINE WATER INTRUSION; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SALINE INTRUSION;

ARTICLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; BARUIPUR; CHAKDAHA; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 48349086104     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.11.002     Document Type: Erratum

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