Arsenic mobilization in alluvial soils of Punjab, North-West India under flood irrigation practices

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1637-1648

  Hundal, H S ^a   Singh, Kuldip ^a   Singh, Dhanwinder ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alluvial soils; Arsenic; Mobilization; Pourbaix diagram; Redox

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL SOIL; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MOBILIZATION; POURBAIX DIAGRAM; REDOX;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FLOODS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; LOADING; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; POTABLE WATER; REDOX REACTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC; ARSENITE; CULTIVATION; DRINKING WATER; FLOOD; FLOODED SOIL; IRON; IRRIGATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MANGANESE; MOBILIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PUMP; REDOX POTENTIAL; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER; VIVIANITE;

INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

EID: 84878951565     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1999-y     Document Type: Article

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