Lithological influences on occurrence of high-fluoride groundwater in Nagar Parkar area, Thar Desert, Pakistan

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1313-1321

  Naseem, Shahid ^a   Rafique, Tahir ^b   Bashir, Erum ^a   Bhanger, Muhammad Iqbal ^c   Laghari, Amanullah ^c   Usmani, Tanzil Haider ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Granite; Groundwater; Kaolin; Nagar Parkar; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FELDSPAR; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; IONS; KAOLIN; LITHOLOGY; MICA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROCK PRODUCTS; SILICA;

FLUORIDE; GRANITIC COMPOSITION; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; NAGAR PARKAR; PAKISTAN; PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPARS; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

WEATHERING;

AMPHIBOLE; ANION; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORINE; FLUORIDE ION; GROUND WATER; KAOLIN; MAGNESIUM; MICA; MINERAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORIDE; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; KAOLIN; MINERALOGY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESERT; GRANITE; PAKISTAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; ROCK; SAND; SOIL QUALITY;

PAKISTAN; THAR DESERT;

MICAS;

EID: 77049122938     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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