Arsenic mobility in fluvial environment of the Ganga Plain, northern India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1703-1715

  Singh, Munendra ^a   Singh, Amit Kumar ^a   Swati, ^a   Srivastava, Nupur ^a   Singh, Sandeep ^b   Chowdhary, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic gomati river alluvial rivers sub tropical climate ganga plain

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEMATITE; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL RIVER; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRINKING WATER; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WATER COLUMN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GANGETIC PLAIN; GOMTI RIVER; INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 77955161024     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0152-z     Document Type: Article

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