Arsenic-enriched groundwaters of India, Bangladesh and TaiwanComparison of hydrochemical characteristics and mobility constraints

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

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1163-1176

  Maity, Jyoti Prakash ^a   Nath, Bibhash ^b   Chen, Chien Yen ^a   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^c   Sracek, Ondra ^d,e   Bundschuh, Jochen ^c,f,g   Kar, Sandeep ^f   Thunvik, Roger ^c   Chatterjee, Debashis ^h   Ahmed, Kazi Matin ⁱ   Jacks, Gunnar ^c   Mukherjee, Arun B ^j   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^f  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e OPV Sro (Protection of Groundwater Ltd)   (Czech Republic)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Arsenic; Bengal Basin; Chianan plain; Fe reduction; geochemistry; trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BANGLADESH; BENGAL BASIN; CHIANAN PLAIN; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS; FE-REDUCTION; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OXYHYDROXIDES; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SUBBASINS; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); POTABLE WATER; SEAWATER; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; IRON; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 80052486966     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2012.598711     Document Type: Article

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