Comment on: "Mobility of arsenic in West Bengal aquifers conducting low and high groundwater arsenic. Part I: Comparative hydrochemical and hydrogeological characteristics" by Bibhash Nath, Doris Stüben, Sukumar Basu Mallik, Debashis Chatterjee, Laurent Charlet

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 184-185

  Acharyya, Subhrangsu K ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELEMENT MOBILITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

DORIS;

EID: 58049185681     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.11.003     Document Type: Note

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