Geological structure of an arsenic-contaminated aquifer at Sonargaon, Bangladesh

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 288-302

  Mitamura, Muneki ^a   Masuda, Harue ^a   Itai, Taka Aki ^b,c   Minowa, Takaharu ^a   Maruoka, Teruyuki ^d   Ahmed, Kazi Matin ^e   Seddique, Ashraf Ali ^a   Biswas, Dipak Kumar ^e   Nakaya, Shinji ^f   Uesugi, Kenji ^f   Kusakabe, Minoru ^b,g  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^f SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SONARGAON; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 44149083323     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587789     Document Type: Article

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