Evaluation of aquifer environment under Hazaribagh leather processing zone of Dhaka city

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 495-504

  Zahid, Anwar ^a   Balke, K D ^b   Hassan, M Qumrul ^c   Flegr, Matthias ^b  

^a Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Chromium; Effluent; Groundwater; Solid waste; Tannery

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

BANGLADESH; EFFLUENT; SOLID WASTE; TANNERY;

LEATHER;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AMMONIUM; AQUIFER; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MAGNESIUM; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOLID WASTE; SULFATE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745501700     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0225-1     Document Type: Article

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