Occurrence of arsenic in core sediments and groundwater in the Chapai-Nawabganj District, northwestern Bangladesh

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2021-2037

  Selim Reza, A H M ^a   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Yang, Huai Jen ^a   Lee, Ming Kuo ^b   Woodall, Brian ^b   Liu, Chia Chuan ^a   Lee, Jyh Fu ^c   Luo, Shang De ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chapai Nawabganj; Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM); Groundwater; Northwestern Bangladesh; Transmission X ray microscopy (TXM); X ray absorption near edge structure (XANES)

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOREHOLES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

BANGLADESH; CHAPAI-NAWABGANJ; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (ESEM); TRANSMISSION X-RAY MICROSCOPIES; XANES;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FERRIC ION; MINERAL; SELENIUM; SIDERITE; SOIL; STRONTIUM; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BOREHOLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT CORE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

BANGLADESH;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CARBONATES; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MANGANESE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SELENIUM; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRONTIUM; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 76949085844     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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