Implications of organic matter on arsenic mobilization into groundwater: Evidence from northwestern (Chapai-Nawabganj), central (Manikganj) and southeastern (Chandpur) Bangladesh

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5556-5574

  Reza, A H M Selim ^a   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Lee, Ming Kuo ^b   Liu, Chia Chuan ^a   Bundschuh, Jochen ^a,c   Yang, Huai Jen ^a   Lee, Jyh Fu ^d   Lee, Yao Chang ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic mobilization; Bangladesh; Brahmaputra flood plain; Ganges flood plain; Meghna flood plain; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLOODS; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA; BRAHMAPUTRA FLOOD PLAIN; FLOOD PLAINS; GANGES FLOOD PLAIN; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MEGHNA FLOOD PLAIN;

SEDIMENTS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AMINE; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORINE; COBALT; COPPER; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NITRITE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM ION; SELENIUM; SODIUM ION; STRONTIUM; SULFATE;

ADSORPTION; ANION; ARSENIC; BOREHOLE; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLOODPLAIN; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PIEZOMETER; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN; GANGES BASIN; MEGHNA RIVER;

EID: 78649493370     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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