How paleosols influence groundwater flow and arsenic pollution: A model from the Bengal Basin and its worldwide implication

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  McArthur, J M ^a   Ravenscroft, P ^b   Banerjee, D M ^c   Milsom, J ^a   Hudson Edwards, K A ^d   Sengupta, S ^e   Bristow, C ^d   Sarkar, A ^e   Tonkin, S ^a   Purohit, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ARSENIC; CLAY MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF WATER; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NONMETALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; SEA LEVEL; SORPTION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER LEVELS;

ARSENIC POLLUTIONS; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; IRON OXY HYDROXIDES; LAND SURFACES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUMS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PALEO CHANNELS; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTIONS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; STUDY SITES; WEST BENGAL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; CLAY; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOSOL; SEA LEVEL;

ASIA; BENGAL; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 58049094576     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006552     Document Type: Article

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