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Arsenic contamination in groundwater, Murshidabad district, West Bengal

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Title Arsenic contamination in groundwater, Murshidabad district, West Bengal
 
Creator CHANDRASEKHARAM, D
KARMAKAR, J
BERNER, Z
STUBEN, D
 
Subject bangladesh
india
 
Description Arsenic content in groundwater and surface waters from Murshidabad district of West Bengal varies from 0.05 to 3.7 mg/l. Arsenic was scavenged by Fe(III) minerals (primarily as iron oxyhydroxides), and to a lesser extent by Mn(IV) phases and is released into the groundwater due to lowering of the redox conditions in the aquifer system. Similarities in some trace element ratios of the Early Cretaceous age Rajmahal volcanic rocks with those of the arsenic contaminated groundwaters in this areas designates these rocks as a possible primary source for the arsenic contamination.
 
Publisher A A BALKEMA PUBLISHERS
 
Date 2011-10-26T23:56:06Z
2011-12-15T09:12:37Z
2011-10-26T23:56:06Z
2011-12-15T09:12:37Z
2001
 
Type Proceedings Paper
 
Identifier WATER-ROCK INTERACTION, VOLS 1 AND 2,1051-1054
90-2651-824-2
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/16172
http://hdl.handle.net/100/2778
 
Source 10th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction,BILLASIMIUS, ITALY,JUL 10-15, 2001
 
Language English