Solute chemistry and arsenic fate in aquifers between the Himalayan foothills and Indian craton (including central Gangetic plain): Influence of geology and geomorphology

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 90, Issue , 2012, Pages 283-302

  Mukherjee, Abhijit ^a,b   Scanlon, Bridget R ^b   Fryar, Alan E ^c   Saha, Dipankar ^d   Ghosh, Ashok ^e   Chowdhuri, Sunil ^f   Mishra, Ranjan ^f  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD   (India)

^e A N COLLEGE   (India)

^f T M BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SOLUTE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GANGES BASIN; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84862749251     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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