Arsenic enrichment and mobilization in the Holocene alluvial aquifers of the Chapai-Nawabganj district, Bangladesh: A geochemical and statistical study

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1280-1289

  Reza, A H M Selim ^a   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Lee, Ming Kuo ^b   Yang, Huai Jen ^a   Liu, Chia Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BANGLADESH; CORE SEDIMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FE REDUCTIONS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; HOLOCENES; HYDROCHEMICAL FACIES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL DATA; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; MINERAL PHASIS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; OXYHYDROXIDES; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SALINITY SOURCES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL STUDY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TYPES;

ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CALCIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; SODIUM; WATER WELLS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; BIOTITE; BOREHOLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORE ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED LOAD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HARDNESS; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SODIUM; SULFATE; WELL WATER;

BANGLADESH; CHAPAI-NAWABGANJ;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954541661     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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