Spatial relationship of groundwater arsenic distribution with regional topography and water-table fluctuations in the shallow aquifers in Bangladesh

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1521-1535

  Shamsudduha, M ^a,b   Marzen, L J ^a   Uddin, A ^a   Lee, M K ^a   Saunders, J A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Groundwater gradient; Spatial distribution; SRTM digital elevation model

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; BANGLADESH; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BRAHMAPUTRA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOOD-PLAINS; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUNDWATER ELEVATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL HYDRAULIC GRADIENT; IRON OXYHYDROXIDE; LYING AREA; MEAN VALUES; MEGHNA DELTA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ORGANIC MATTER; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SRTM DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; TUBEWELLS; UNIVERSAL KRIGING; WATER DEVELOPMENT;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON DEPOSITS; MINERALS; ORGANIC MINERALS; PUBLIC WORKS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67650081582     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1429-3     Document Type: Article

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