Temporal variations in arsenic concentration in the groundwater of Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-232

  Farooq, S H ^a,b   Chandrasekharam, D ^a   Norra, S ^b   Berner, Z ^b   Eiche, E ^b   Thambidurai, P ^a   Stuben D ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater contamination; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; IRON COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; MANGANESE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

INDIA; MURSHIDABAD; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 78650975882     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0516-4     Document Type: Article

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