Arsenic enrichment in groundwater of the alluvial aquifers in Bangladesh: An overview

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-200

  Ahmed, K Matin ^a   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^b   Hasan, M Aziz ^a   Akhter, S Humayun ^a   Alam, S M Mahbub ^a   Bhuyian, M A Hossain ^a   Imam, M Badrul ^a   Khan, Aftab A ^a   Sracek, Ondra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CHANNEL FLOW; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOODS; HEALTH HAZARDS; SAND; SEDIMENTS; WATER WELLS;

FLOOD PLAINS; NATURAL CALAMITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0842280797     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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