Vertical geochemical variations and arsenic mobilization in the shallow alluvial aquifers of the Chapai-Nawabganj District, northwestern Bangladesh: Implication of siderite precipitation

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1255-1270

  Reza, A H M Selim ^a   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Bundschuh, Jochen ^a,b   Liu, Chia Chuan ^a   Yang, Huai Jen ^a   Lee, Chi Yu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifers; Arsenic mobilization; Geochemical variations; Northwestern Bangladesh; Siderite precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BOREHOLES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; BANGLADESH; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; GEOCHEMICAL VARIATIONS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BOREHOLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEMENT MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MOBILIZATION; PIEZOMETER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SECONDARY MINERAL; SIDERITE; TRACE ELEMENT; WELL WATER;

BANGLADESH; CHAPAI NAWABGANJ; RAJSHAHI;

EID: 84874106499     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1825-6     Document Type: Article

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