Sediment Samples (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Sediment Samples

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Samples of clay and aquifer sand cuttings collected at five-foot intervals near the study site in Bangladesh. Grey sand is often associated with elevated arsenic in groundwater and orange sand consistently with low arsenic in groundwater.

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Rajib Mozumder

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