Mobilization of arsenic during one-year incubations of grey aquifer sands from Araihazar, Bangladesh

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3639-3645

  Radloff, Kathleen A ^a   Cheng, Zhongqi ^b   Rahman, Mohammad W ^c   Ahmed, Kazi M ^c   Mailloux, Brian J ^d   Juhl, Andrew R ^b   Schlosser, Peter ^a,b   Van Geen, Alexander ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BANGLADESH; CONSTANT RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IRON RELEASE; NO RELEASE; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; HEALTH RISKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARSENIC; FRESH WATER; IRON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEMISTRY; SOIL;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; FRESH WATER; IRON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; SULFUR;

EID: 34250807970     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062903j     Document Type: Article

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