Arsenic enrichment in groundwater of the alluvial aquifers in Bangladesh: an overview

• Authors: AHMED K. Matin; BHATTACHARYA Prosun; HASAN M. Aziz; AKHTER S. Humayun; ALAM S.M.Mahbub; BHUYIAN M.A.Hossain; IMAM M. Badrul; KHAN Aftab A.; ŠRÁČEK Ondřej
• Year of publication: 2004
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Applied Geochemistry
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Geology and mineralogy
• Keywords: arsenic Bangladesh
• Description: Groundwater in Bangladesh is enriched in arsenic. Arsenic is released by reductive dissolution of ferric oxides and hydroxides. Concentrations of dissolved iron are influenced by precipitation of siderite and vivianite. Arsenic release mechanisms are discussed.

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