An exploration of nitrate concentrations in groundwater aquifers of central-west region of Bangladesh

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 536-543

  Majumder, Ratan K ^a   Hasnat, Mohammad A ^b,c   Hossain, Shahadat ^a   Ikeue, Keita ^c   Machida, Masato ^c  

^a Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission   (Bangladesh)

^b SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Contamination; Denitrification; Groundwater; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; NITRATES; RIVER POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

AQUIFER; CONTAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATE;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

GROUND WATER; IRON; NITRATE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; NITRATE; PLEISTOCENE; PYRITE; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DENITRIFICATION; PLEISTOCENE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURE; BANGLADESH; CLIMATE; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 53149141045     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.110     Document Type: Article

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