Detail study of arsenic pollution mechanism in Gotra area, Nadia district, West Bengal, India

Indian Minerals

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-80

  Pal, Taraknath ^a   Mukherjee, Pradip Kumar ^a   Beckie, R D ^b   Desbarats, A J ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic pollution mechanism; Gotra area; Groundwater chemistry; India; Porewater chemistry; Sediment chemistry; West bengal

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC POLLUTION; ARSENIC POLLUTION MECHANISM; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WEST BENGAL;

ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEVEES; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; OXYGEN; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARSENIC; BOREHOLE; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LITHOLOGY; POREWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER DEPTH;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; NADIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 76149100603     PISSN: 00195936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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