High fluoride content of K-bentonite beds in Estonian paleozoic carbonate rocks

Fluoride

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-137

  Haamer, Kadri ^a   Karro, Enn ^a,b  

^a University of Tartu ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aquifer rocks; Carbonate rocks; Estonia; Fluoride in rocks; K bentonite; Ordovician rock; Silurian rock; Volcanic ash fluoride

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; LIMESTONE; WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; ESTONIA; EXTRACTION; LEACHING; PALEOZOIC; ROCK;

EID: 33745979201     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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