Dynamics of arsenic adsorption in the targeted arsenic-safe aquifers in Matlab, south-eastern Bangladesh: Insight from experimental studies

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 624-635

  Robinson, Clare ^a,b   Brömssen, Mattias von ^c,d   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^c   Häller, Sara ^c   Bivén, Annelie ^c   Hossain, Mohammed ^b,c   Jacks, Gunnar ^c   Ahmed, Kazi Matin ^e   Hasan, M Aziz ^e   Thunvik, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation   (Bangladesh)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Ramböll Sweden AB ^*  (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION BEHAVIOUR; ADSORPTION SITE; ARSENIC ADSORPTION; BANGLADESH; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; CROSS CONTAMINATION; ELECTRON DONORS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HIGH ADSORPTION CAPACITY; HIGH CAPACITY; LONG-TERM RISKS; RURAL COMMUNITY; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELS; VIABLE SOLUTIONS; WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS; WEST BENGAL;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTHERMS; MANGANESE; OXIDE MINERALS; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SUGARS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTHERM; NATURAL ATTENUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; MATLAB;

EID: 79952619004     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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