Fluoride levels in the Silurian-Ordovician aquifer system of western Estonia

Fluoride

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-311

  Karro, Enn ^a   Rosentau, Alar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Carbonate rocks; Groundwater fluoride; Silurian Ordovician aquifer; Western Estonia

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; SODIUM; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTONIA; ORDOVICIAN; PH; SILURIAN; TIME; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 33645334921     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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