Fluorine in the rocks and sediments of volcanic areas in central Italy: Total content, enrichment and leaching processes and a hypothesis on the vulnerability of the related aquifers

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5781-5796

  De Rita, Donatella ^a   Cremisini, Carlo ^b   Cinnirella, Alessandro ^a   Spaziani, Fabio ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Fluorine; Geochemical Background; Sabatini Volcanic District; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUSION; ALTERED ROCK; CENTRAL ITALY; F DISTRIBUTION; FLUORINE CONCENTRATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMALLY; LARGE CITIES; LEACHING PROCESS; ROCK SAMPLE; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; TOTAL CONTENT; TOTAL FLUORINE; VOLCANIC AREAS; VOLCANIC DISTRICT; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WATER SAMPLES;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUORINE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; MINERAL SPRINGS; MINERALS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORINE; GROUND WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; ENRICHMENT; FLUORINE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LEACHING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; FLUOROSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; ITALY; LEACHING; ROCK; SEDIMENT; VOLCANO; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORINE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GROUNDWATER; ITALY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

ITALY; LAZIO; SABATINI MOUNTAINS; VICO; VITERBO;

EID: 84865344841     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2381-3     Document Type: Article

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