A transect of groundwater and sediment properties in Araihazar, Bangladesh: Further evidence of decoupling between As and Fe mobilization

Chemical Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 85-96

  van Geen, A ^a   Zheng, Y ^a,b   Cheng, Z ^a   Aziz, Z ^a   Horneman, A ^a   Dhar, R K ^b   Mailloux, B ^c   Stute, M ^a   Weinman, B ^d   Goodbred, S ^d   Seddique, A A ^e   Hoque, M A ^e   Ahmed, K M ^e  

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

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; MANGANESE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645850704     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.11.024     Document Type: Article

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