Occurrence of fluoride in the groundwaters of Pandharkawada area, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, India

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 675-679

  Madhnure, Pandith ^a   Sirsikar, D Y ^a   Tiwari, A N ^a   Ranjan, B ^a   Malpe, D B ^b  

^a CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD   (India)

^b SHRI SHIVAJI SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan basalts; Fluoride; Groundwater; Rocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947579771     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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