Role of organic matter and humic substances in the binding and mobility of arsenic in a Gangetic aquifer

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1231-1238

  Kar, Sandeep ^a   Maity, Jyoti Prakash ^b   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Liu, Chia Chuan ^a   Nath, Bibhash ^c   Lee, Yao Chang ^d   Bundschuh, Jochen ^a,e,f   Chen, Chien Yen ^b   Li, Zhaohui ^g  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^f ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic enriched aquifer; FT IR spectra; Gangetic aquifer; humic substances; organic matter

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; AROMATIC RINGS; ARSENIC-ENRICHED AQUIFER; CHELATING AGENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLUORESCENT INTENSITY; FT-IR SPECTRUM; GANGETIC AQUIFER; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEX; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHELATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANOMETALLICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; INDIA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ARSENIC; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; INDIA; METALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80052437877     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2011.598796     Document Type: Article

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