Sources of arsenic and fluoride in highly contaminated soils causing groundwater contamination in Punjab, Pakistan

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 693-706

  Farooqi, Abida ^a   Masuda, Harue ^b   Siddiqui, Rehan ^c   Naseem, Muhammad ^c  

^a FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COAL; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; MINERAL; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; COAL; COMBUSTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PHOSPHATE; PLEISTOCENE; SOIL POLLUTION; TERRACE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAKISTAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PH MEASUREMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WEATHERING;

ARSENICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; FRESH WATER; PAKISTAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

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

EID: 64549123085     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9239-x     Document Type: Article

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