Groundwater flow dynamics and arsenic source characterization in an aquifer system of West Bengal, india

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4974-5002

  Desbarats, A J ^a   Koenig, C E M ^b   Pal, T ^c   Mukherjee, P K ^d   Beckie, R D ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b BGC Engineering Inc   (Canada)

^c Geological Survey of India   (India)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

aquifer; arsenic; source; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; SEDIMENTS;

CONTAMINATION SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER RESIDENCE; REACTIVE SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELS; SOURCE; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; WEST BENGAL;

AQUIFERS;

EID: 84902716279     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014034     Document Type: Article

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