Study of subsurface geology in locating arsenic-free groundwater in Bengal delta, West Bengal, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1211-1225

  Pal, Taraknath ^a   Mukherjee, Pradip Kumar ^a  

^a Central Drugs Laboratory India   (India)

Author keywords

Aquifer types; Arsenic pollution; Arsenic free aquifers; Bengal delta; India; Subsurface geology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CLAY MINERALS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LOCATION; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATERS; ARSENIC POLLUTION; BENGAL DELTA; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; INDIA; ORGANIC MATTERS; SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; TARGET LOCATIONS; TOXIC ELEMENTS; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BOREHOLE; CLAY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 58149343419     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1221-4     Document Type: Article

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