Spatial variability and prediction modeling of groundwater arsenic distributions in the shallowest alluvial aquifers in Bangladesh

Journal of Spatial Hydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 33-46

  Shamsudduha, M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Distribution; Prediction models; Semivariogram; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; KRIGING; MODELING; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; VARIOGRAM;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 49249102297     PISSN: 15304736     EISSN: 15500896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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