Geochemical study of arsenic and other trace elements in groundwater and sediments of the Old Brahmaputra river plain, Bangladesh

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1303-1316

  Ahmed, Faruque ^a   Bibi, M Hawa ^b   Ishiga, Hiroaki ^c   Fukushima, Takehiko ^a   Maruoka, Teruyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Brahmaputra River Plain; Groundwater; Peat; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE VALUES; BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER PLAIN; CLAY PARTICLES; CORE SEDIMENTS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FE CONTENT; FE OXIDE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SILTY CLAY; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; TUBEWELLS;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAD; PEAT; PH EFFECTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

ADSORPTION; AGE DETERMINATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; IRON; IRON OXIDE; PH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SILTY CLAY; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN;

EID: 77954052290     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0270-7     Document Type: Article

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