Redox trapping of arsenic during groundwater discharge in sediments from the Meghna riverbank in Bangladesh

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 16930-16935

  Datta, S ^a,b   Mailloux, B ^c   Jung, H B ^d   Hoque, M A ^e   Stute, M ^a,c   Ahmed, K M ^e   Zheng, Y ^a,d  

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

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Ganges Brahmaputra; Hyporheic zone; Natural reactive barrier; Submarine groundwater discharge; XANES

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ELEMENT; GROUND WATER; IRON; MINERAL;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENATES; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIVERS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70350132620     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908168106     Document Type: Article

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