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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA DHAKA 1000, BANGLADESH |
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA DHAKA 1000, BANGLADESH |
| Introduction to the Group and Aims | |
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Geohazard Research Group (GRG) is based in the Department of Geology at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. GRG was formed in 1996 in response to the rising level of geoenvironmental concern that demands multi-disciplinary scientific approach for its solution. GRG is an informal grouping of academic researchers working together to increase the understanding of the underlying geological controls of various environmental hazards especially dealing with Sediment Pollution, Ground- & Surface- Water Pollution, Solute Transport, Flow Dynamics, Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment, Earthquake, Land-slide & -subsidence, and Mine Hazards through field, laboratory based and computer modeling studies. | |
| Research Strategy | |
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The research domains include hazardous waste site investigation, innovative hydrogeological assessment techniques, environmental base-line, impact and site assessments, design and implementation of subsurface remediation plans. | |
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Arsenic contamination in groundwater has been taken as one of the most important research domains by the GRG. | |
| GRG performs sponsored and non-sponsored researches both of academic and industrial interests. | |
| Research Activities |
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Textural and mineralogical studies and construction of litho-facies profiles of the samples from wells located at Nawabganj, Rajshahi, Pabna, Manikganj, Kushtia, Faridpur, Narayanganj, Chandpur, Gopalganj, Laksmipur, and Noakhali, the areas of arsenic contamination. |
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Geophysical field survey at several villages of BERA UNION of Pabna district for detecting alternate aquifer zones for arsenic free groundwater development. |
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Textural and mineralogical studies of the samples of arsenic contaminated Quaternary deposits located at Thakurgaon, Pabna, Meherpur, Khulna, Faridpur, Narayanganj, Tangail, and Jamalpur. |
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Study on subsidence and groundwater status
Earthquake vulnerability assessment of Bangladesh. Role of clay and arsenic contamination in the Bengal delta Saline and fresh water zones in the coastal belt of Bangladesh. |
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Physico-chemical aspects of arsenic contamination of Quaternary aquifers. Occurrence and distribution of arsenic. |
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A comparative study of arsenic contamination (Iswardi, Pabna) and non-contamination (Thakurgaon sadar, Thakurgaon). |
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High arsenic groundwater in the alluvial aquifers of Bengal delta plains in Bangladesh: genesis and low-cost remediation. A joint research with KTH, Sweden. |
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GRG has organized two international seminars on "Groundwater Arsenic Contamination of Bangladesh". |
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A training programme for BWDB personnel on saline - fresh water interface has been arranged. |
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The causes of Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater and its remediation for safe water: A case study in Laxmipur thana, Laxmipur district. The project sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Bangladesh. |
| Research Findings |
| Principal
Members GRG consists of highly qualified and well experienced academicians capable of tackling scientific problems from multi-disciplinary approach. The principal members are: Aftab Alam Khan, M.Sc., Ph.D.,
Convenor. Other Associate Members
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Geohazard
Research Group Phone: PABX 880 2 9661900-52 Ext. 6029, 6027 |
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