Fluoride ion contamination in the groundwater of Mithi sub-district, the Thar Desert, Pakistan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-326

  Rafique, Tahir ^a   Naseem, Shahid ^b   Bhanger, Muhammad I ^c   Usmani, Tanzil H ^a  

^a PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fluoride ion; Fluorosis; Groundwater; Mithi; Pakistan; The Thar Desert

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ELECTROLYSIS; FLUORSPAR; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONS; LANDFORMS; POTABLE WATER; TRIANGULATION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WEATHERING;

FLUORIDE ION; FLUOROSIS; MITHI; PAKISTAN; THE THAR DESERT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; ANION; CALCITE; DRINKING WATER; DUNE; FACIES; FLUORIDE; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KAOLIN; STANDARD (REFERENCE); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT;

PIPERACEAE;

EID: 54949157270     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1167-y     Document Type: Article

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