Arsenic in shallow aquifer in the eastern region of Bangladesh: Insights from principal component analysis of groundwater compositions

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 453-472

  Halim, Md Abdul ^a   Majumder, Ratan K ^b   Nessa, Syeda Afsarun ^a   Oda, Keita ^a   Hiroshiro, Yoshinario ^a   Jinno, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fe and Mn oxyhydroxides; Groundwater; Organic matter; Principal component analysis; Speciation calculation

Indexed keywords

FE AND MN OXYHYDROXIDES; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYHYDROXIDES; SPECIATION CALCULATION; SPECIATION CALCULATIONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON ORES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICROCOMPUTERS; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; WELLS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; DRINKING WATER; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROXIDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUPERSATURATION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; IRON; MANGANESE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 74349110045     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0760-9     Document Type: Article

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