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    Brahmaputra river basin groundwater: Solute distribution, chemical evolution and arsenic occurrences in different geomorphic settings

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    Verma, S.
    Mukherjee, Abhijit
    Choudhury, R.
    Mahanta, C.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Verma, S. and Mukherjee, A. and Choudhury, R. and Mahanta, C. 2015. Brahmaputra river basin groundwater: Solute distribution, chemical evolution and arsenic occurrences in different geomorphic settings. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 4: pp. 131-153.
    Source Title
    Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.03.001
    ISSN
    2214-5818
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67021
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2015 The Authors. Study region: Brahmaputra River basin, India. Study focus: The present study deciphers the groundwater solute chemistry and arsenic (As) enrichment in the shallow aquifers of the study region. Four different geomorphologic units, e.g. piedmont (PD), older alluvium of river Brahmaputra and its tributaries (OA), active alluvium of river Brahmaputra and its tributaries (YA) and river channel deposits (RCD) were identified. More than 62% of all groundwater samples collected have dissolved As > 0.01 mg/L, whereas about 87% of groundwater samples in OA terrain are enriched with As, which draws a distinct difference from the adjoining Gangetic aquifers. New hydrological insights for the region: Most groundwater solutes of RCD and YA terrains were derived from both silicate weathering and carbonate dissolution, while silicate weathering process dominates the solute contribution in OA groundwater. Groundwater samples from all terrains are postoxic with mean pe values between Fe(III) and As(V)-As(III) reductive transition. While, reductive dissolution of (Fe-Mn)OOH is the dominant mechanism of As mobilization in RCD and YA aquifers, As in OA a nd PD aquifers could be mobilized by combined effect of pH dependent sorption and competitive ion exchange. The present study focuses on the major ion chemistry as well as the chemistry of the redox sensitive solutes of the groundwater in different geomorphic settings and their links to arsenic mobilization in groundwater.

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