Hydrologic control of temporal variability in groundwater arsenic on the Ganges floodplain of Nepal

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 518, Issue PC, 2014, Pages 342-353

  Brikowski, T H ^a   Neku, A ^a   Shrestha, S D ^b   Smith, L S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Arsenic Mitigation and Research in Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Hydrology; Nepal; South Asia

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DROUGHT; FLOODS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; IRON; POSITIVE IONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITION; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; CLAY; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLOODPLAIN; FLUSHING; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MOBILIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GANGES BASIN; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; TARAI;

EID: 84908210978     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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