Variations in the redox state of As and Fe measured by X-ray absorption spectroscopy in aquifers of Bangladesh and their effect on As adsorption

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-47

  Itai, Takaaki ^a   Takahashi, Yoshio ^a   Seddique, Ashraf Ali ^b   Maruoka, Teruyuki ^c   Mitamura, Muneki ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; ADSORPTION PROPERTIES; AS AND AS; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION OF; CONCENTRATION OF FE; DEPTH PROFILE; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; GROUND SURFACES; HOLOCENES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OXIDATION STATE; OXYHYDROXIDES; REDOX STATE; SEDIMENT CORE; SOLID-PHASE; SURFACE AREA; WELL WATER; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; CORE ANALYSIS; ENRICHMENT; HOLOCENE; IRON; MITIGATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WELL WATER; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SONARGAON; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 72149123168     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.09.026     Document Type: Article

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