Arsenic enrichment in groundwater in the middle Gangetic Plain of Ghazipur District in Uttar Pradesh, India

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 83-94

  Kumar, Manish ^a   Kumar, Pankaj ^b,e   Ramanathan, A L ^b   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^c   Thunvik, Roger ^c   Singh, Umesh K ^d   Tsujimura, M ^e   Sracek, Ondra ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f OPV sro ^*  (Czech Republic)

^g PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Gangetic plain; Geogenic arsenic; Groundwater; India; Redox; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CORRELATION MATRIX; DEPTH PROFILE; DRINKING WATER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GANGES RIVER; GANGETIC PLAIN; GEOGENIC; GEOGENIC ARSENIC; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOLOCENES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MINERAL WEATHERING; ORGANIC MATTER; POST-MONSOON PERIOD; PRE-MONSOON; REDOX PROCESS; SAMPLING SITE; SOLID-PHASE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; UNSATURATED ZONE;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEIONIZED WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; MINERALS; ORGANIC MINERALS; POTABLE WATER; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE WATERS; WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUSHING; GEOGENIC SOURCE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; REDOX CONDITIONS; VADOSE ZONE; WEATHERING;

GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 77954176753     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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