Effect of chemical nitrogen fertilizer application on the release of arsenic from sediment to groundwater in Bangladesh

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 294-302

  Uddin, Md Shamim ^a   Kurosawa, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonium N; Cause; Peat sediment; Pollution; Reducing condition

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; PEAT; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS;

AMMONIUM-N; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC POLLUTION; CAUSE; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; REDUCING CONDITIONS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

EID: 79955443071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.03.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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