Size-fractionation of groundwater arsenic in alluvial aquifers of West Bengal, India: The role of organic and inorganic colloids

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 804-812

  Majumder, Santanu ^a,b   Nath, Bibhash ^c   Sarkar, Simita ^b   Chatterjee, Debashis ^b   Roman Ross, Gabriela ^d   Hidalgo, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d AMPHOS 21 CONSULTING S L   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Groundwater; Organometallic colloids; Size fractionation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANOMETALLICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREAM FLOW; WATER ANALYSIS;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTIONAL DISTRIBUTION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SIZE FRACTIONATION; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

COLLOIDS;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COBALT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; COLLOID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER; MOBILITY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INDIA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE FRACTIONATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84884394245     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.087     Document Type: Article

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