Arsenic in shallow groundwater of Bangladesh: Investigations from three different physiographic settings

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1507-1522

  Hasan, M Aziz ^a,b   Ahmed, K Matin ^b   Sracek, Ondra ^c   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^a   Brömssen, Mattias ^a   Broms, Sandra ^a   Fogelström, Johan ^a   Mazumder, M Lutful ^a   Jacks, Gunnar ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alluvial and deltaic aquifers; Arsenic; Bangladesh; Hydrochemistry; Redox buffering

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BUFFERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUPERSATURATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BENGAL; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 36549055242     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0203-z     Document Type: Article

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