Contributions of floodplain stratigraphy and evolution to the spatial patterns of groundwater arsenic in Araihazar, Bangladesh

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1567-1580

  Weinman, Beth ^a   Goodbred Jr , Steven L ^a   Zheng, Yan ^b,c   Aziz, Zabid ^b   Steckler, Michael ^b   van Geen, Alexander ^b   Singhvi, Ashok K ^d   Nagar, Yogesh Chand ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Floodplain; Groundwater; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC LEVELS; BANGLADESH; COMPLEX PATTERN; CONCENTRATION OF; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD-PLAIN DEVELOPMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIO-DELTAIC; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOCAL AQUIFERS; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SHALLOW WELLS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WELL LOCATION;

AQUIFERS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARSENIC;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER;

ARAIHAZAR; ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 69949186399     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26209.1     Document Type: Article

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