Mineralogical and geomicrobiological investigations on groundwater arsenic enrichment in Bangladesh

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-230

  Akai, Junji ^a   Izumi, Kaoru ^a   Fukuhara, Haruo ^a   Masuda, Harue ^b   Nakano, Satoshi ^c   Yoshimura, Takahisa ^a   Ohfuji, Hiroaki ^d   Anawar, Hossain Md ^a   Akai, Kurumi ^e  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka City University   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Kamo Gyosei High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BACTERIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FERTILIZERS; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLINE PRECURSORS; GEOMICROBIOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; ENRICHMENT; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0842289088     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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