Effect of groundwater flow on forming arsenic contaminated groundwater in Sonargaon, Bangladesh

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 724-736

  Nakaya, Shinji ^a   Natsume, Haruyasu ^a   Masuda, Harue ^b   Mitamura, Muneki ^b   Biswas, Dipak Kumar ^c   Seddique, Ashraf A ^d  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c Asian Arsenic Network   (Bangladesh)

^d JASHORE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Contamination; Flow path; Groundwater; Hotspots

Indexed keywords

AQUITARDS; BANGLADESH; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DELTA PLAIN; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOW PATH; GROUND SURFACES; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS; HOLOCENES; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; HOTSPOTS; MUD LAYER; PLEISTOCENE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GROUNDWATER; VERTICAL INFILTRATION;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFILTRATION;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUITARD; ARSENIC; DELTA; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; GANGES DELTA; SONARGAON;

EID: 80054688180     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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