Arsenic release and attenuation in low organic carbon aquifer sediments from West Bengal

Geobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-168

  Hery M ^a   Van Dongen, B E ^a   Gill, F ^b   Mondal, D ^a,c   Vaughan, D J ^a   Pancost, R D ^b   Polya, D A ^a   Lloyd, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; ARSENIC; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RNA 16S; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT;

ARCHAEA; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; CARBON; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 76549084556     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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