Flood Plain Evaluation in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta: A Tectonic Review

Groundwater arsenic contamination and its health effects in the Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra plain.

School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Department of Neurology, Medical College, Kolkata, India Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, S.S.K.M. Hospital, Kolkata, India Retired Professor of Dermatology, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata Department of Dermatology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Edu...

A sediment budget for the Ganga–Brahmaputra catchment

Published data are used to construct an approximate sediment budget for the 1.656 × 10 km catchment of the Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers. From these data, it has not been possible to identify the major sources of sediment. Recently published Nd/Sr tracer results suggest that the High Himalaya is the main source of sediment, providing for the first time a focus for more detailed research on the r...

Fluoride geochemistry of groundwater in parts of Brahmaputra flood plain in Kamrup district, Assam, India

Groundwater contamination by fluoride (F) can result from the natural dissolution of minerals from subterranean strata. These inorganic contaminant in drinking water is known to cause serious health problems when the maximum contaminant levels (MCL) exceed 1.5 mg/L. The aim of this study was to correlate the high fluoride content in the groundwater of the region to the geochemistry of the water...

A Review of Arsenic and Its Impacts in the Ganges- Brahmaputra-meghna Delta, Bangladesh

Arsenic groundwater contamination in parts of middle Ganga plain, Bihar

Arsenic contamination of groundwater in low-lying Bhagarathi–Ganga deltaic plain is known for more than two decades. The problem was recognized in 1984 (ref. 1) in West Bengal, when 16 patients from a village of 24 Parganas district reported arsenicosis. Subsequent investigations revealed extensive arsenic contamination in groundwater in the Bengal Basin affecting the eastern part of West Benga...