Geostatistically based management of arsenic contaminated ground water in shallow wells of Bangladesh

Water Resources Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1245-1261

  Hossain, Faisal ^a   Hill, Jason ^b   Bagtzoglou, Amvrossios C ^c  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

^b Tri State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic contamination; Developing countries; Geostatistics; Ground water; Management; Northwestern and Southcentral Bangladesh; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER WELLS;

CONTAMINATED SHALLOW GROUND WATER; GEOSTATISTICS; ORDINARY KRIGING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARSENIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER WELLS;

ARSENIC; DATABASE; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KRIGING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547804702     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-9079-2     Document Type: Article

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