Natural enrichment of arsenic in groundwaters of Brahmanbaria district, Bangladesh: Geochemistry, speciation modeling and multivariate statistics

Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Occurrence, Remediation and Management - Proceedings of the Pre-Congress Workshop "Natural Arsenic in Groundwater (BWO 06)", 32nd International Geological Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 133-143

  Sracek, Ondra ^a   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^b   Von Brömssen, Mattias ^b   Jacks, Gunnar ^b   Ahmed, Kazi Matin ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; ARSENIC-RICH GROUNDWATER; BANGLADESH; BENGAL DELTA PLAINS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FERRIC OXIDE; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GEOGENIC; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIGH-CONTENT; HOLOCENES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; REDOX COUPLE; REDOX POTENTIALS; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS; SPECIATION MODELING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; MANGANESE; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 77954146570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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