Quaternary stratigraphy, sediment characteristics and geochemistry of arsenic-contaminated alluvial aquifers in the Ganges-Brahmaputra floodplain in central Bangladesh

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 112-136

  Shamsudduha, M ^a,b   Uddin, A ^a   Saunders, J A ^a   Lee, M K ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Geochemistry; Sediment and mineralogy; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CALCIUM; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NONMETALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFATE MINERALS;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOOD PLAINS; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; TUBEWELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BIOTITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 48349110137     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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