Factors controlling fluoride contents of groundwater in north-central and northwestern Sri Lanka

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1333-1342

  Young, Sansfica M ^a   Pitawala, A ^b   Ishiga, H ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Fluoride; Granitic gneiss; Groundwater; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BASEMENT ROCKS; BIOTITE GNEISS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; DENTAL FLUOROSIS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORIDE CONTENT; FLUORINE CONTAMINATION; GRANITIC GNEISS; RENAL FAILURE; RESIDENCE TIME; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SRI LANKA; STUDY AREAS; WATER SAMPLES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINOUS REFRACTORIES; AQUIFERS; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORINE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; SODIUM; WATER ABSORPTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARID REGION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BASEMENT ROCK; BEDROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORIDE; GNEISS; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HORNBLENDE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; PH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE TIME; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 79959607044     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0804-z     Document Type: Article

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