Distribution of highly arsenic and fluoride contaminated groundwater from east Punjab, Pakistan, and the controlling role of anthropogenic pollutants in the natural hydrological cycle

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-234

  Farooqi, Abida ^a   Masuda, Harue ^a   Kusakabe, Minoru ^b,d   Naseem, Muhammad ^c   Firdous, Nousheen ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^d Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Indus Basin nitrogen and sulfur isotopes; Phosphorus; Semiarid climate

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548507963     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.41.213     Document Type: Article

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