Appraisal of highly fluoride zones in groundwater of Kurmapalli watershed, Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh (India)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-73

  Mondal, N C ^a   Prasad, R K ^a   Saxena, V K ^a   Singh, Y ^b   Singh, V S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b Atomic Mineral Directorate for Exploration and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Granite rocks; India; Nalgonda district; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; ANDHRA PRADESH; CHEMICAL KINETICS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; F VALUES; GRANITE ROCK; HYDERABAD; LIMIT VALUES; MAXIMUM VALUES; ROCK SAMPLE; ROCK WATER INTERACTION; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; STUDY AREAS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEALTH HAZARDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; ROCKS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BOREHOLE; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORIDE; FRACTURE ZONE; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HEALTH RISK; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SHALLOW WATER; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WATERSHED; WELL WATER;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; NALGONDA;

EID: 77955148727     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0004-x     Document Type: Article

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