Safe and sustainable use of arsenic-contaminated aquifers in the Gangetic Plain : a multidisciplinary approach /: a multidisciplinary approach. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: AL. Ramanathn, Scott Johnston, Abhijit Mukherjee, Bibhash Nath, editors.
• Editors: Ramanathan, A. L; Johnston, Scott; Mukherjee, Abhijit; Nath, Bibhash
• Contents: Hydrogeochemical Evolution in the Different Shallow Aquifers of Central Gangetic Plain and Kosi Alluvial Fan and Their Implications for the Distribution of Groundwater Arsenic.-Assessment of Subsurface Lithology by Resistivity Survey Coupled with Hydrochemical Study to Identify Arsenic Distribution Pattern in Central Gangetic Plain: A Case Study of Bhagalpur District, Bihar, India -- Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater in the Middle Gangetic Plain, India: Its Relations to Fluvial Geomorphology and Quaternary Stratigraphy -- Preliminary Assessment of Arsenic Distribution in Brahmaputra River Basin of India Based on Examination of 56, 180 Public Groundwater Wells -- Problem, Perspective and Challenges of Arsenic Contamination in the Groundwater of Brahmaputra Flood Plains and Barak Valley Regions of Assam, India -- Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Barak Valley, Assam, India: Topography-based Analysis and Risk Assessment -- Hydrogeochemistry and Arsenic Distribution in the Gorakhpur District in the Middle Gangetic Plain, India -- Arsenic Distribution and Mobilization: A Case Study of Three Districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar (India) -- Understanding Hydrogeochemical Processes Governing Arsenic Contamination and Seasonal Variation in the Groundwater of Buxar District, Bihar, India -- Chemical Characteristics of Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater in Parts of Middle-Gangetic Plain (MGP) in Bihar, India -- An Insight into the Spatio-vertical Heterogeneity of Dissolved Arsenic in Part of the Bengal Delta Plain Aquifer in West Bengal (India) -- Surface Generated Organic Matter: An Important Driver for Arsenic Mobilization in Bengal Delta Plain -- A Comparative Study on the Arsenic Levels in Groundwaters of Gangetic Alluvium and Coastal Aquifers in India -- Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bengal Delta and ItsHealth Effects -- Impact of Arsenic Contaminated Irrigation Water on Some Edible Crops in the Fluvial Plains of Bihar -- A Greenhouse Pot Experiment to Study Arsenic Accumulation in Rice Varieties Selected from Gangetic Bengal, India -- Status of Arsenic Contamination along the Gangetic Plain of Ballia and Kanpur Districts, Uttar Pradesh, India and Possible Remedial Measures -- A Low-cost Arsenic Removal Method for Application in the Brahmaputra-Ganga Plains: Arsiron Nilogon -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham New Delhi, India : Springer Capital Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 628.162; Earth sciences; Groundwater -- Arsenic content -- Gangetic Plain (India and Bangladesh); Alluvial streams -- Gangetic Plain (India and Bangladesh); Groundwater -- Purification -- Arsenic removal -- Gangetic Plain (India and Bangladesh); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply; Alluvial streams; Groundwater -- Arsenic content; Groundwater -- Purification -- Arsenic removal; Earth Sciences; Hydrogeology; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Earth System Sciences; Environmental Health; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Medical -- Public Health; Water supply & treatment; Earth sciences; Environmental medicine; Hydraulic engineering; Environmental Medicine; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Hydrology; Hydrology & the hydrosphere; Asia -- Gangetic Plain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319161242; 3319161245; 3319161237; 9783319161235
• Related ISBNs: 9783319161235
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed June 8, 2015).
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