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

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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
Citation
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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