A comparative study on arsenic and humic substances in alluvial aquifers of Bengal delta plain (NW Bangladesh), Chianan plain (SW Taiwan) and Lanyang plain (NE Taiwan): Implication of arsenic mobilization mechanisms

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-258

  Reza, A H M Selim ^a   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Yang, Huai Jen ^a   Lee, Ming Kuo ^b   Hsu, Hua Fen ^a   Liu, Chia Chuan ^a   Lee, Yao Chang ^c   Bundschuh, Jochen ^a   Lin, Kao Hong ^a   Lee, Chi Yu ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer; Arsenic; Arsenicosis; Bangladesh; Blackfoot disease (BFD); Humic substances; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HEAVY METAL;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MOBILIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOT DISEASE; GANGRENE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOT DISEASES; GANGRENE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; METALS, HEAVY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CHIANAN PLAIN; GANGES DELTA; LANYANG PLAIN; TAIWAN;

EID: 79955936084     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9335-5     Document Type: Article

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