Mobilization of arsenic from subsurface sediments by effect of bicarbonate ions in groundwater

Chemosphere

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 753-762

  Anawar, Hossain M ^a,b   Akai, Junji ^a   Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic extraction; Bicarbonate; Iron oxyhydroxide; Minerals; Substitution; Subsurface sediments; Surface complexation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBONATES; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; SEDIMENTS;

DELTAS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BARIUM CARBONATE; BICARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE CARBONATE; METAL OXIDE; MINERAL; SODIUM CARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; GROUNDWATER; MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIA; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMPLEX FORMATION; EXTRACTION; LEACHING; MOBILIZATION; PH; REACTION TIME; SEDIMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1642494673     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.08.030     Document Type: Article

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