Flushing history as a hydrogeological control on the regional distribution of arsenic in shallow groundwater of the Bengal basin

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2283-2288

  Van Geen, A ^a   Zheng, Y ^a,b   Goodbred Jr , S ^c   Horneman, A ^a   Aziz, Z ^a   Cheng, Z ^a   Stute, M ^a,d   Mailloux, B ^d   Weinman, B ^c   Hoque, M A ^e   Seddique, A A ^e   Hossain, M S ^e   Chowdhury, S H ^e   Ahmed, K M ^e  

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

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER ANALYSIS;

HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONTROL; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUSHING; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH IMPACT; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOBILIZATION; PHOSPHATE; RECHARGE; SAND; SHALLOW WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOLOGY; SAND; SEDIMENT; SOLID; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ASIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BENGAL; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41649110510     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702316k     Document Type: Article

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