Ground water geochemistry of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, India and mechanism of arsenic release

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-91

  Chauhan, Vivek Singh ^a   Nickson, R T ^b   Chauhan, Divya ^a   Iyengar, L ^a   Sankararamakrishnan, Nalini ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Ballia; Contamination; Ground water; Mobilization

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; ARSENIC MOBILIZATIONS; ARSENIC RELEASE; AS AND AS(V); BALLIA; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEEP BORES; HUMAN HEALTHS; MOBILIZATION; PRE MONSOONS; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTIONS; SOUTH ASIA; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WINTER SEASONS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; NONMETALS; PUMPS; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MONSOON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BALLIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

BALLIA;

EID: 61849091998     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.065     Document Type: Article

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