Arsenic contamination of Bangladesh aquifers exacerbated by clay layers

Generally it is thought that confining clay layers provide protection to low-arsenic groundwaters against intrusion of shallower, high-arsenic groundwater bodies. Here, the authors show that impermeable clay layers can increase arsenic input to underlying groundwater systems due to reduction of iron...

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Auteurs principaux: Ivan Mihajlov, M. Rajib H. Mozumder, Benjamín C. Bostick, Martin Stute, Brian J. Mailloux, Peter S. K. Knappett, Imtiaz Choudhury, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Peter Schlosser, Alexander van Geen
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Publié: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/a7d27d06a2b94929ba03f9d12ebcda07
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Résumé:Generally it is thought that confining clay layers provide protection to low-arsenic groundwaters against intrusion of shallower, high-arsenic groundwater bodies. Here, the authors show that impermeable clay layers can increase arsenic input to underlying groundwater systems due to reduction of iron oxides coupled to carbon oxidation.