Palaeosol control on groundwater flow and pollutant distribution: The example of arsenic

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1376-1383

  McArthur, John M ^a   Nath, Bibhash ^b,e   Banerjee, Dhiraj M ^c   Purohit, R ^c   Grassineau, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; AQUIFER REMEDIATION; CHANNEL REGION; COASTAL AQUIFERS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; HUMAN HEALTH; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; POLLUTANT DISTRIBUTION; RED CLAY; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; WEST BENGAL;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEALTH RISK; IRON OXIDE; PALEOSOL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CLAY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; ASIA; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

ARSENIC; ASIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 79951649030     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1032376     Document Type: Article

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