Fluoride occurrence and mobilization in geo-environment of semi-arid Granite watershed in southern peninsular India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 471-479

  Padhi, Sakambari ^a   Muralidharan, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Anantapur District; Fluoride; Geochemistry; Granites; Groundwater; India

Indexed keywords

ANANTAPUR DISTRICT; ANDHRA PRADESH; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE OF GROUNDWATER; CATCHMENT AREA; DOWNSTREAM REGION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORIDE CONTENT; FLUORIDE TOXICITY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; INDIA; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; NATURAL RECHARGE; OVEREXPLOITATION; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; ROCK SAMPLE; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SATURATION INDEX; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID REGION; STUDY AREAS; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LEACHING; RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ACIDIFICATION; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORIDE; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MOBILIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; TERRAIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY; WATERSHED;

ANANTAPUR; ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 84860373308     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1255-x     Document Type: Article

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