Retardation of arsenic transport by oxidized Holocene aquifer sediments of West Bengal, India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 518, Issue PC, 2014, Pages 460-463

  Chakraborty, Sudipta ^a,b,c   Nath, Bibhash ^d   Chatterjee, Debashis ^b   Charlet, Laurent ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^c Kanchrapara College   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Aquifer sediments; Arsenic; Distribution coefficient; Isotherm; Transport

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ISOTHERMS;

AQUIFER SEDIMENTS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; HOLOCENES; TRANSPORT; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; EXPERIMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOLOCENE; ISOTHERM; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REDOX CONDITIONS; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84908167068     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.07.028     Document Type: Article

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