Groundwater arsenic contamination in Manipur, one of the seven North-Eastern Hill states of India: A future danger

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 381-390

  Chakraborti, Dipankar ^a   Singh, E Jayantakumar ^a   Das, Bhaskar ^a   Shah, Babar Ali ^a   Hossain, M Amir ^a,b   Nayak, Bishwajit ^a   Ahamed, Sad ^a   Singh, N Rajmuhon ^c  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic with depth of tubewell; Groundwater arsenic contamination; Manipur Valley; North Eastern Hill states; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; NONMETALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; ARSENIC CONTAMINATIONS; ARSENIC POISONING; BRAHMAPUTRA; CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS; HIMALAYA; MANIPUR VALLEY; NORTH-EASTERN HILL STATES; WATER SAMPLES; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EFFECT; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MANIPUR; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 54949159368     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1176-x     Document Type: Article

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