Groundwater dynamics and arsenic mobilization in Bangladesh assessed using noble gases and tritium

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 243-250

  Klump, Stephan ^a,b   Kipfer, Rolf ^a,b   Cirpka, Olaf A ^a   Harvey, Charles F ^c   Brennwald, Matthias S ^a   Ashfaque, Khandaker N ^c   Badruzzaman, Abu Borhan M ^d   Hug, Stephan J ^a   Imboden, Dieter M ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INERT GASES; IRRIGATION; TRITIUM;

ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; IRRIGATION WATER; MIXING ZONE;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; CARBON; GROUND WATER; INERT GAS; TRACER; TRITIUM;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; MOBILIZATION;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; EXTRACTION AND EXTRACTS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MOBILIZATION; MODEL; REDUCTION; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CARBON; FILTRATION; HYDROXIDES; IRON; NOBLE GASES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; INERT GASES; IRRIGATION; POLLUTION; TRITIUM;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 30344458186     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051284w     Document Type: Article

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