Microbial characterization of Holocene alluvial sediments in the Meghna flood plain of Matlab Upazila, Bangladesh
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Paper/Presentation Title | Microbial characterization of Holocene alluvial sediments in the Meghna flood plain of Matlab Upazila, Bangladesh |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Gunaratna, K. R. (Author), Shokri, A. (Author), Bhattacharya, P. (Author), Jacks, G. (Author), Bundschuh, J. (Author) and von Bromssen, M. (Author) |
Editors | Jean, Jiin-Shuh, Bundschuh, Jochen and Bhattacharya, Prosun |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Diseases; Arsenic 2010 |
Number of Pages | 3 |
Year | 2010 |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Place of Publication | Leiden, Netherlands |
ISBN | 9780415578981 |
9780203845318 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1201/b10548-66 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/b10548-66/microbial-characterization-holocene-alluvial-sediments-meghna-flood-plain-matlab-upazila-bangladesh-gunaratna-shokri-bhattacharya-jacks-bundschuh-von-br%C3%B6mssen |
Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/b10548/arsenic-geosphere-human-diseases-arsenic-2010-jiin-shuh-jean-jochen-bundschuh-prosun-bhattacharya?refId=27a6ab15-8042-41db-bed6-cbc9af137d4e&context=ubx |
Conference/Event | 3rd International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (AS 2010): Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Diseases |
Event Details | 3rd International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (AS 2010): Arsenic in Geosphere and Human Diseases Parent International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (AS) Event Date 17 to end of 21 May 2010 Event Location Tainan, Taiwan |
Abstract | The presence of elevated levels of arsenic (As) in groundwater in Bangladesh, has undermined the decade long success of supplying 98% of its population with safe drinking water and an estimated population of 35 million in the country are at risk. The source of As is geogenic and redox conditions of the sedimentary aquifer are a dominant control on the mobility of As in natural sediment water system. Reductive dissolution of Fe oxyhydroxides in the aquifer sediments is considered as a primary mechanism responsible for mobilization of absorbed As (Jonsson & Lundell, 2004; von Bromssen et al., 2007). Recent studies (Stollenwerk et al., 2007; von Bromssen et al., 2007) indicate that groundwater from reddish sediments, within shallower depth (<150m), would be As safe. von Bromssen et al., (2007) also demonstrated a distinct correlation between the color of the aquifer sands, groundwater redox-conditions and relative risk for mobilization of geogenic As. |
Keywords | Holocene alluvial sediments; Meghna flood plain; Matlab Upazila; microbiology; sampling |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410402. Environmental assessment and monitoring |
370799. Hydrology not elsewhere classified | |
310703. Microbial ecology | |
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Byline Affiliations | KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany | |
Ramboll Sverige AB, Sweden | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2q40/microbial-characterization-of-holocene-alluvial-sediments-in-the-meghna-flood-plain-of-matlab-upazila-bangladesh
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