Electrical resistivity investigation of the arsenic affected alluvial aquifers in West Bengal, India: Usefulness in identifying the areas of low and high groundwater arsenic

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 873-884

  Nath, Bibhash ^a   Mallik, Sukumar Basu ^b   Stüben, Doris ^c   Chatterjee, Debashis ^d   Charlet, Laurent ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bengal Delta Plain; Electrical resistivity; Geomorphology; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; BENGAL DELTA PLAINS; BOREHOLE DRILLING; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FLOOD PLAINS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LYING AREA; ORGANICS; RECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUB-SURFACES; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BOREHOLE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LITHOLOGY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHAKDAHA; GANGES DELTA; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 77954038043     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0224-0     Document Type: Article

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