Characterization of recharge processes in shallow and deeper aquifers using isotopic signatures and geochemical behavior of groundwater in an arsenic-enriched part of the Ganga Plain

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 432-443

  Saha, Dipankar ^a   Sinha, U K ^b   Dwivedi, S N ^a  

^a CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BELOW GROUND SURFACES; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; CONFINED CONDITION; CYCLIC SEQUENCES; FLOOD PLAINS; GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; GROUND-WATER CIRCULATION; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; HYDROSTATIC HEAD; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; PLEISTOCENE; PRE-MONSOON; RECHARGE AREA; RECHARGE PROCESS; SANDY CLAYS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SILTY CLAY; SURFACE WATER BODY;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CHLORINE; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SODIUM; SURFACE WATERS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROSTATICS; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; QUATERNARY; RECHARGE; VULNERABILITY;

BIHAR; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VINDHYAN BASIN;

EID: 79952622351     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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