Evaluation of hydrogeochemical processes in arsenic-contaminated alluvial aquifers in parts of Mid-Ganga Basin, Bihar, Eastern India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 799-811

  Saha, Dipankar ^a   Sarangam, Sreehari S ^a   Dwivedi, Shailendra N ^a   Bhartariya, Kuldeep G ^a  

^a CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic contamination; Bihar; Groundwater quality; Mid Ganga Basin; Newer alluvium

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ALLUVIAL PLAINS; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; CATION EXCHANGES; EASTERN INDIA; GANGA BASIN; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GRAPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HIGH INCIDENCE; HOLOCENES; HYDROCHEMICAL FACIES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MAJOR IONS; ORGANIC MATTER; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; POLLUTION DETECTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DOLOMITE; GRAPHICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE; MAGNESIUM; ORGANIC MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINWATER; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

BIHAR; GANGES BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 77955089987     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0392-y     Document Type: Article

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