Impact of local recharge on arsenic concentrations in shallow aquifers inferred from the electromagnetic conductivity of soils in Araihazar, Bangladesh

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Aziz, Z ^a,b   Van Geen, A ^b   Stute, M ^b,c   Versteeg, R ^d   Horneman, A ^b   Zheng, Y ^b,e   Goodbred, S ^f   Steckler, M ^b   Weinman, B ^f   Gavrieli, I ^g   Hoque, M A ^h   Shamsudduha, M ^h   Ahmed, K M ^h  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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

^c Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^d IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; BANGLADESH; ELECTROMAGNETIC-CONDUCTIVITY; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED MATTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; RECHARGE; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ARAIHAZAR; ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 53649102560     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006000     Document Type: Article

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