Redox control of arsenic mobilization in Bangladesh groundwater

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-214

  Zheng, Y ^a,b   Stute, M ^b,c   Van Geen, A ^b   Gavrieli, I ^b,d   Dhar, R ^a   Simpson, H J ^b,e   Schlosser, P ^b,e,f   Ahmed, K M ^g  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f University of Dhaka ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDOX REACTIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

HYDROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0842289081     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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