Geochemical characteristics of fluoride in groundwater of Gimcheon, Korea: Lithogenic and agricultural origins

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1139-1148

  Kim, Yeongkyoo ^a   Kim, Jong Yong ^b   Kim, Kangjoo ^c  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b GyeongSangBukDo Government Public Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^c Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

D and 18O; Fertilizer; High fluoride groundwater; Pegmatite; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CHEMICALS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GROUNDWATER AGES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH-FLUORIDE GROUNDWATER; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PEGMATITE; ROCK TYPES; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WATER-ROCK REACTIONS;

ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; LITHIUM; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; POLLUTION CONTROL; ROCKS; SODIUM;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALKALI METAL; ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLUORIDE; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GNEISS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LITHOLOGY; NITRATE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PEGMATITE; PESTICIDE; PH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SULFATE;

KOREA;

EID: 79958196420     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0789-7     Document Type: Article

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