Sources of salinity and arsenic in groundwater in southwest Bangladesh

Geochemical Transactions

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ayers, John C ^a   Goodbred, Steven ^a   George, Gregory ^a   Fry, David ^a   Benneyworth, Laura ^a   Hornberger, George ^a,c   Roy, Kushal ^b   Karim, Md Rezaul ^b   Akter, Farjana ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Groundwater; Salinization; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84977672376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14674866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12932-016-0036-6     Document Type: Article

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