Geophysical exploration for lithological control of arsenic contamination in groundwater in Middle Ganga Plains, India
| Autor: | E. Nagaiah, Pitam Chandra, Shashi Kant Singh, Subash Chandra, Shakeel Ahmed |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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inorganic chemicals
Hydrology geography geography.geographical_feature_category Exploration geophysics Geochemistry chemistry.chemical_element Aquifer Contamination Arsenic contamination of groundwater Geophysics chemistry Geochemistry and Petrology Spatial variability Water quality Arsenic Groundwater Geology |
| Zdroj: | Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C. 36:1353-1362 |
| ISSN: | 1474-7065 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pce.2011.05.009 |
| Popis: | A hydrogeochemical analysis of water samples in Middle Ganga Plains (MGP) revealed patchy occurrence of arsenic contamination in groundwater with high spatial variability. An integrated study consists of hydrochemical, 2-d DC resistivity and IP chargeability, and 1-d transient electromagnetic measurements (TEM) was carried out in the Ganga–Son interfluves region, which helped in identifying the contrast in lithological set up in the form of low resistivity (10–25 Ωm) and high chargeability (5–20 mV/V) clay deposits between the arsenic contaminated and arsenic free aquifers. It revealed that the clay acts as controlling factor to the arsenic contamination in the groundwater regime. Knowledge of impermeable clay barrier helps in reducing the uncertainties that exist in the hypothesis of arsenic in groundwater in the MGP, as the clay boundaries inferred from the geophysical interpretations coincide very closely with the boundary of arsenic free and arsenic contaminated groundwater obtained from the water quality analysis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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