Rice field geochemistry and hydrology: An explanation for why groundwater irrigated fields in Bangladesh are net sinks of arsenic from groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2072-2078

  Neumann, Rebecca B ^a,b   St Vincent, Allison P ^a,c   Roberts, Linda C ^d   Badruzzaman, A Borhan M ^e   Ali, M Ashraf ^e   Harvey, Charles F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; FLOW PATH; IRRIGATED FIELDS; IRRIGATED RICE; IRRIGATION WATERS; PORE WATERS; REDUCTION PROCESS; RICE FIELDS; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; SURFACE SOIL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOBILIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PADDY FIELD; POREWATER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); POROSITY; RICE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SURFACE SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; ORYZA SATIVA; SOIL; WATER CYCLE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; MUNSHIGANJ;

EID: 79953897587     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102635d     Document Type: Article

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