Hydrogeochemistry of fluoride in the Quequen river basin: Natural pollutants distribution in the argentine pampa

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 411-420

  Martinez D E ^a,b   Londoño, O M Quiroz ^a,b   Massone, H E ^b   Buitrago, P Palacio ^c   Lima, L ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Argentine pampas; Fluoride; Hydrogeochemisty; Quequen Grande river

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARGENTINE PAMPAS; AVERAGE VALUES; CENOZOIC SEDIMENTS; DISTRIBUTION AND MOBILITY; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORIDE CONTENT; FLUORIDE POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER CONCENTRATIONS; HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTY; MEAN VALUES; PALEOZOIC; PALEOZOIC ROCKS; PHREATIC; POLLUTANTS DISTRIBUTION; PRECAMBRIAN; RIVER BASINS; RIVER CATCHMENT; SAND LAYER; SECOND GROUP; VOLCANIC GLASS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; GLASS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISSOLUTION; FLUORIDE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; POLLUTANT; PRECAMBRIAN; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; PAMPAS; QUEQUEN;

EID: 84855316163     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0988-x     Document Type: Article

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