Hydrological and geochemical constraints on the mechanism of formation of arsenic contaminated groundwater in Sonargaon, Bangladesh

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3155-3176

  Itai, Takaaki ^a   Masuda, Harue ^b   Seddique, Ashraf A ^b,c   Mitamura, Muneki ^b   Maruoka, Teruyuki ^d   Li, Xiaodong ^b   Kusakabe, Minoru ^a   Dipak, Biswas K ^c   Farooqi, Abida ^b   Yamanaka, Toshiro ^a   Nakaya, Shinji ^e   Matsuda, Jun ichi ^f   Ahmed, Kazi Matin ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CEMENTS; CURING; DROUGHT; EROSION; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON ORES; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SEDIMENTATION; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WEATHERING;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS; BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA; CHEMICAL WEATHERINGS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; DRY SEASONS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HOLOCENE; HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL DATUM; MECHANISM OF FORMATIONS; PLEISTOCENE AQUIFERS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SMALL VARIATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TUBE WELLS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BIOTITE; DISSOLUTION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; PLAGIOCLASE; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SIDERITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 54449087257     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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