Reply to the comment on Arsenic release from biotite into a Holocene groundwater aquifer in Bangladesh by Hossain M. Anawar and Martin Mihaljevi》.pdf

Applied Geochemistry 24 (2009) 486–490 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Applied Geochemistry journal homepage: www.elsevier.c om/locate/apgeochem Reply Reply to the comment on ‘‘Arsenic release from biotite into a Holocene ˇ groundwater aquifer in Bangladesh” by Hossain M. Anawar and Martin Mihaljevic Ashraf Ali Seddique a,b,*, Harue Masuda a, Muneki Mitamura a, Keiji Shinoda a, Takamoto Okudaira a, c d e f g Toshiro Yamanaka , Takaaki Itai , Teruyuki Maruoka , Kenji Uesugi , Kazi Matin Ahmed a Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University, Sugimoto-cho 3-3-138, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan b Beach Sand Minerals Exploitation Centre, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Cox’s Bazar-4700, Bangladesh c Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan d Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan e Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan f Department of Civil Engineering, Shinshu University, Nagano 380-0928, Japan g Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh 1. Introduction cially, tend to stay in sediments through chemical weathering