University of Kentucky UKnowledge University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2006 DEEPER GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CHEMISTRY IN THE ARSENIC AFFECTED WESTERN BENGAL BASIN, WEST BENGAL, INDIA Abhijit Mukherjee University of Kentucky,
[email protected] Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Mukherjee, Abhijit, "DEEPER GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CHEMISTRY IN THE ARSENIC AFFECTED WESTERN BENGAL BASIN, WEST BENGAL, INDIA" (2006). University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations. 368. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/368 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION Abhijit Mukherjee The Graduate School University of Kentucky 2006 i DEEPER GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CHEMISTRY IN THE ARSENIC AFFECTED WESTERN BENGAL BASIN, WEST BENGAL, INDIA ______________________________________________________ ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION ______________________________________________________ A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky By Abhijit Mukherjee Lexington, Kentucky Director: Dr. Alan E. Fryar, Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Lexington, Kentucky 2006 Copyright © Abhijit Mukherjee 2006 ii ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION DEEPER GROUNDWATER FLOW AND CHEMISTRY IN THE ARSENIC AFFECTED WESTERN BENGAL BASIN, WEST BENGAL, INDIA A regional-scale hydrogeologic study was conducted in a ~21,000-km2 area of West Bengal (Murshidabad, Nadia, North and South 24 Parganas districts), India, with severe, natural arsenic contamination of shallow groundwater jeopardizing ~13.5 million inhabitants.