Distribution of arsenic and its mobility in shallow aquifer sediments from Ambikanagar, West Bengal, India

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-515

  Routh, Joyanto ^a   Hjelmquist, Per ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; AS SPECIATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DRINKING WATER WELLS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; MICROBIAL PROCESS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; REMOBILIZATION; RESIDUAL FRACTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION SCHEME; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRANSITION ELEMENT; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE; OXIDATION; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER WELLS; WEATHERING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DRINKING WATER; EXTRACTION METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFIDE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; WELL WATER;

AMBIKANAGAR; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 79952630451     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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