Mineralogical profiling of alluvial sediments from arsenic-affected Ganges-Brahmaputra floodplain in central Bangladesh

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 470-483

  Uddin, A ^a   Shamsudduha, M ^a,b   Saunders, J A ^a   Lee, M K ^a   Ahmed, K M ^c   Chowdhury, M T ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; AUTHIGENIC; BANGLADESH; BENGAL BASIN; BRAHMAPUTRA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; FLOOD PLAINS; GROUND LEVEL; HEAVY MINERALS; HYDROXIDE MINERALS; LIGHT FRACTION; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MOUNTAIN RANGES; MULTIPLE SOURCE; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY MECHANISM; REDUCING ENVIRONMENT; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; RIVER CHANNELS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; MICA; MINERALS; ORGANIC MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; FLOODPLAIN; MINERALOGY; MOBILIZATION; OPHIOLITE; ORGANIC MATTER; PYRITE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); SIDERITE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BANGLADESH; GANGES DELTA;

EID: 79952621552     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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