Geochemistry and mineralogy of shallow alluvial aquifers in Daudkandi upazila in the Meghna flood plain, Bangladesh

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 499-511

  Hasan, M Aziz ^a,b   Von Brömssen, Mattias ^a,c   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^a   Ahmed, Kazi Matin ^b   Sikder, Arif Mohiuddin ^d   Jacks, Gunnar ^a   Sracek, Ondra ^e  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c Box 4205 ^*  (Sweden)

^d STAMFORD UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH   (Bangladesh)

^e MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer; Arsenic mobility; Bangladesh; Metal oxyhydroxides; Redox status

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REDUCTIONS; ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; AMORPHOUS METALS; ARSENIC MOBILITY; AUTHIGENIC; BANGLADESH; DELTA PLAINS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; FLOOD PLAINS; GENERAL TRENDS; LAND AREAS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTERS; REDOX STATUS; SEM; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTIONS; SOLID-PHASE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCES;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON ANALYSIS; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETITE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; MICA; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETITE; MICA; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALLOW WATER; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; DAUDKANDI; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67349084419     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1319-8     Document Type: Article

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