Geochemical factors controlling the occurrence of high fluoride groundwater in the Nagar Parkar area, Sindh, Pakistan

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 171, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 424-430

  Rafique, Tahir ^a   Naseem, Shahid ^b   Usmani, Tanzil Haider ^a   Bashir, Erum ^b   Khan, Farooque Ahmed ^a   Bhanger, Muhammad Iqbal ^c  

^a PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fluoride ion; Groundwater; Nagar Parkar; Pakistan; Sindh; Thar Desert

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE ION; NAGAR PARKAR; PAKISTAN; SINDH; THAR DESERT;

CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORSPAR; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; LANDFORMS; POTABLE WATER; SALT WATER INTRUSION; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CALCITE; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SUPERSATURATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ABSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM DEPLETION; COLLOID; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; PAKISTAN; PH; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; PAKISTAN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

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

EID: 70349236933     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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