Distribution of arsenic and trace metals in the floodplain agricultural soil of Bangladesh

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-15

  Ahsan, Dewan Ali ^a   DelValls, Tomas Angel ^a   Blasco, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; Arsenic; Bangladesh; Pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDS; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BANGLADESH; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; NATURAL CALAMITIES; SOIL SAMPLES; TRACE METALS;

ARSENIC; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; NONMETALS; SELENIUM; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSITION METALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GROUND WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; SELENIUM; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOODPLAIN; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; METALS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 57849093059     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9502-x     Document Type: Article

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