Natural arsenic contamination of Holocene alluvial aquifers by linked tectonic, weathering, and microbial processes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Saunders, J A ^a   Lee, M K ^a   Uddin, A ^a   Mohammad, S ^a   Wilkin, Richard T ^b   Fayek, Mostafa ^c   Korte, Nic E ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bacteria; Bangladesh; Glaciers; Groundwater; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744811875     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000803     Document Type: Article

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