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- Title
Interrelationship of TOC, As, Fe, Mn, Al and Si in shallow alluvial aquifers in Chapai-Nawabganj, Northwestern Bangladesh: implication for potential source of organic carbon.
- Authors
Selim Reza, A. H. M.; Jiin-Shuh Jean; Ming-Kuo Lee; Shang-De Luo; Bundschuh, Jochen; Hong-Chun Li; Huai-Jen Yang; Chia-Chuan Liu
- Abstract
Two boreholes and ten piezometers in the Ganges flood plain were drilled and installed for collecting As-rich sediments and groundwater. Groundwater samples from the Ganges flood plain were collected for the analysis of cations (Ca, Mg, K, Na), anions (Cl, NO, SO), total organic carbon (TOC), and trace elements (As, Mn, Fe, Sr, Se, Ni, Co, Cu, Mo, Sb, Pb). X-ray powder diffraction was performed to characterize the major mineral contents of aquifer sediments and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) to analyze the major chemical composition of alluvial sediments. Results of XRF analysis clearly show that fine-grained sediments contain higher amounts of trace element because of their high surface area for adsorption. Relative fluorescence index (15-38 QSU) of humic substance in groundwater was measured using spectrofluorometer, the results revealed that groundwater in the Ganges flood plain contains less organic matter (OM). Arsenic concentration in water ranges from 2.8 to 170 μg/L (mean 50 μg/L) in the Ganges flood plain. Arsenic content in sediments ranges from 2.1 to 14 mg/kg (mean 4.58 mg/kg) in the flood plains. TOC ranges from 0.49 to 3.53 g/kg (mean 1.64 g/kg) in the Ganges flood plain. Arsenic is positively correlated with TOC ( R = 0.55) in sediments of this plain. Humic substances were extracted from the sediments from the Ganges flood plain. Fourier transform infrared analysis of the sediments revealed that the plain contains less humic substances. The source of organic carbon was assigned from δC values obtained using elemental analysis-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (EA-IRMS); the values (−10 to −29.44‰) strongly support the hypothesis that the OM of the Ganges flood plain is of terrestrial origin.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; FLOODPLAINS; CARBON content in groundwater; ARSENIC; SOIL composition; ORGANIC compound content of soils; X-ray diffraction; X-ray spectroscopy; FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy
- Publication
Environmental Earth Sciences, 2011, Vol 63, Issue 5, p955
- ISSN
1866-6280
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12665-010-0764-3