Dissolved organic carbon from the traditional jute processing technique and its potential influence on arsenic enrichment in the Bengal Delta

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 292-303

  Farooq, S H ^a,b,c   Chandrasekharam, D ^b   Abbt Braun, G ^c   Berner, Z ^c   Norra, S ^c   Stuben D ^c  

^a ST XAVIER S COLLEGE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENGAL DELTA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC C; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; JUTE PLANTS; POINT SOURCES; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SENSITIVE ELEMENTS; WATER TABLES; WEST BENGAL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; JUTE FIBERS; LAKES; MANGANESE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DICOTYLEDON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIXATION; GROUNDWATER; MOBILIZATION; PERCOLATION; POINT SOURCE; POND; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; CARBON; GROUND WATER; JUTE; LAKES; MANGANESE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS;

GANGES DELTA;

CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS;

EID: 84855444533     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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