Fluoride enrichment in aquifers of the Thar desert: Controlling factors and its geochemical modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 2462-2474

  Singh, Chander Kumar ^a,b   Kumari, Rina ^b   Singh, Neha ^b   Mallick, Javed ^c   Mukherjee, Saumitra ^b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fluoride toxicity; Geochemical modelling; Jaisalmer; Saturation index; Thar Desert

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE TOXICITY; GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING; JAISALMER; SATURATION INDEX; THAR DESERT;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; SATURATION; TOXICITY;

INDIA; JAISALMER; RAJASTHAN; THAR DESERT;

EID: 84880595985     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9247     Document Type: Article

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