A generalized regression model of arsenic variations in the shallow groundwater of Bangladesh

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 685-703

  Shamsudduha, Mohammad ^a   Taylor, Richard G ^a   Chandler, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arsenic; Bangladesh; groundwater fed irrigation; recharge; regression model

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BANGLADESH; GENERALIZED REGRESSION; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; RECHARGE; REGRESSION MODEL; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; STATISTICAL INTERACTION;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HOLOCENE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 85027947632     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014572     Document Type: Article

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