Interrelationship of TOC, As, Fe, Mn, Al and Si in shallow alluvial aquifers in Chapai-Nawabganj, Northwestern Bangladesh: Implication for potential source of organic carbon

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 955-967

  Reza, A H M Selim ^a   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Lee, Ming Kuo ^b   Luo, Shang De ^a   Bundschuh, Jochen ^a,c   Li, Hong Chun ^a   Yang, Huai Jen ^a   Liu, Chia Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Ganges flood plain; Organic matter; Spectrofluorometer

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTENT; BANGLADESH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EA-IRMS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUORESCENCE INDICES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GANGES FLOOD PLAIN; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MINERAL CONTENT; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SPECTROFLUOROMETERS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; XRF ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ANTIMONY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTODEGRADATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRONTIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ADSORPTION; ALKALI METAL; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BOREHOLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; DRILLING; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; HUMIC ACID; ION EXCHANGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERAL; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PIEZOMETER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECTROMETER; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 79958197064     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0764-3     Document Type: Article

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