Presence and origin of fluoride in the complex terminal water of Ouargla basin (Northern Sahara of Algeria)

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 876-881

  Nezli, Imed Eddine ^a   Achour, Samia ^b   Djidel, Mohamed ^a   Attalah, Saïd ^a  

^a KASDI MERBAH UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BISKRA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Complex terminal; Fluoride; Geochemistry; Ouargla; Saturation index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956944533     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajas.2009.876.881     Document Type: Article

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