Geochemistry and mobilization of arsenic in Shuklaganj area of Kanpur-Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4889-4901

  Chauhan, Vivek Singh ^a,b   Yunus, M ^b   Sankararamakrishnan, Nalini ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Kanpur district; Mobilization

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; DETECTION LIMITS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DIVALENT CATION; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; IRON REDUCING BACTERIA; KANPUR DISTRICT; MOBILIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; TUBEWELLS;

ALKALINITY; AMMONIA; AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; LEACHING; PH EFFECTS; PUMPS;

ARSENIC;

AMMONIA; ANION; ARSENIC; DIVALENT CATION; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MONOVALENT CATION; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE;

ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IONIC COMPOSITION; MOBILIZATION; OXIDATION; PH; REDUCTION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; IRON REDUCING BACTERIUM; LEACHING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PROBABILITY; PROKARYOTES BY METABOLISM; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; SULFATES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GANGES DELTA; INDIA; KANPUR; UNNAO; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 84864847799     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2310-5     Document Type: Article

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