Distribution of arsenic and other trace elements in the Holocene sediments of the Meghna River Delta, Bangladesh

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1243-1253

  Bibi, M Hawa ^a   Ahmed, Faruque ^a   Ishiga, Hiroaki ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Groundwater; Meghna River Delta; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CLAY; GROUNDWATER; IRON COMPOUNDS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; REDOX REACTIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; MEGHNA RIVER DELTA, BANGLADESH; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL (ORP);

SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC; CLAY; CORE ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; OXIDATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAND; SILTY CLAY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; MEGHNA RIVER; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33747637193     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0298-x     Document Type: Article

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