Natural organic matter in sedimentary basins and its relation to arsenic in anoxic ground water: the example of West Bengal and its worldwide implications

Applied Geochemistry - Tập 19 Số 8 - Trang 1255-1293 - 2004
J. M. McArthur1, D. M. Banerjee2, KA Hudson-Edwards3, Ranjan Mishra2, R. C. Purohit2, Peter Ravenscroft4, Aidan A. Cronin5, RJ Howarth1, Ankita Chatterjee6, T Talukder6, David Lowry7, S. Houghton1, D. K. Chadha8
1Department of Earth Sciences, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, UK
2Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Chattra Marg, Delhi 110007, India
3School of Earth Science, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet St., London WC1E 7HX, UK
4Arcadis Geraghty & Miller International Inc., 2 Craven Court, Newmarket CB8 7FA, UK
5Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
6Central Ground Water Authority, Bidhan Nagar, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700091, India
7Department of Geology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX UK
8Central Ground Water Authority, 18/11 Jamnagar House, Mansingh Road, Delhi 110011, India

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