Spatial pattern of arsenic contamination in shallow wells of Bangladesh: Regional geology and nonlinear dynamics

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 66-76

  Hossain, Faisal ^a   Sivakumar, Bellie ^b  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cost effectiveness; Groundwater contamination; Nonlinear dynamics; Regional geology; Remediation drilling; Shallow tube wells

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COST; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; REMEDIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 30344458526     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-005-0012-7     Document Type: Article

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