Geochemical characterization of arsenic-affected alluvial aquifers of the Bengal Delta (West Bengal and Bangladesh) and Chianan Plains (SW Taiwan): Implications for human health

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 705-713

  Nath, Bibhash ^a   Maity, Jyoti Prakash ^b   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^b   Birch, Gavin ^a   Kar, Sandeep ^b   Yang, Huai Jen ^b   Lee, Ming Kuo ^c   Hazra, Rasmani ^d   Chatterjee, Debashis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; BANGLADESH; BENGAL DELTA; BENGAL DELTA PLAINS; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CLINICAL MANIFESTATION; CONTROLLED RELEASE; DISSOLUTION REACTIONS; FT-IR SPECTRUM; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION MECHANISMS; REDUCTION PROCESS; RELATIVE FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY; SPECTRAL PATTERNS; STUDY AREAS; TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; WEST BENGAL;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CHLORINE; DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MANGANESE; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DELTA; DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; HUMIC ACID; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; POISONING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PUBLIC HEALTH; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BANGLADESH; CHIANAN PLAIN; GANGES DELTA; INDIA; TAIWAN; WEST BENGAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953722806     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.029     Document Type: Article

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