Arsenic-enriched aquifers: Occurrences and mobilization of arsenic in groundwater of Ganges Delta Plain, Barasat, West Bengal, India

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1805-1814

  Kar, Sandeep ^a   Maity, Jyoti Prakash ^a,b   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Liu, Chia Chuan ^a   Nath, Bibhash ^c   Yang, Huai Jen ^a   Bundschuh, Jochen ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; AS AND AS; CORE SEDIMENTS; DELTA PLAIN; DOMINANT MECHANISM; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; ORGANIC MATTER; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REDOX PROCESS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; REDUCTION PROCESS; TUBEWELLS; WATER SAMPLES; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROGEOLOGY; MANGANESE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MOBILIZATION; NITRATE; NITRITE; SAMPLING; SULFATE;

BARASAT; GANGES DELTA; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 78649451845     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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