Comparison of arsenic concentrations in simultaneously-collected groundwater and aquifer particles from Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, and Nepal

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3244-3251

  van Geen, A ^a   Radloff, K ^a   Aziz, Z ^a   Cheng, Z ^a   Huq, M R ^b   Ahmed, K M ^b   Weinman, B ^c   Goodbred, S ^c   Jung, H B ^d   Zheng, Y ^a,d   Berg, M ^e   Trang, P T K ^f   Charlet, L ^g   Metral, J ^g   Tisserand, D ^g   Guillot, S ^g   Chakraborty, S ^h   Gajurel, A P ⁱ   Upreti, B N ⁱ  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^g OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^h Kanchrapara College   (India)

ⁱ TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DISSOLUTION; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NEEDLES; SEDIMENTATION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

AQUIFER MATERIALS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; BANGLADESH; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENTS; FLUSHING; HOLOCENE; IN CONCENTRATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RANGING; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; VIETNAM;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; WATER DEPTH;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; INDIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 54449102215     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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