Influence of traditional agricultural practices on mobilization of arsenic from sediments to groundwater in Bengal delta

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5575-5588

  Farooq, S H ^a,b   Chandrasekharam, D ^b   Berner, Z ^a   Norra, S ^a   Stuben D ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic contamination; Arsenic mobilization; Bengal delta; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC)

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; BENGAL DELTA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MOBILISATION; PADDY FIELDS; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARSENIC; CULTIVATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELEMENT MOBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MOBILIZATION; PADDY FIELD; RAINWATER; RECHARGE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; GRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GANGES DELTA;

EID: 78649487933     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.05.057     Document Type: Article

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