Arsenic in groundwater of sedimentary aquifers

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-167

  Bhattacharya, Prosun ^a   Welch, Alan H ^b   Ahmed, Kazi Matin ^c   Jacks, Gunnar ^a   Naidu, Ravi ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

EID: 0842267498     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2003.09.004     Document Type: Editorial

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