Occurrence and hydrogeochemistry of fluoride in alluvial aquifer of Weihe River, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3133-3145

  Li, Peiyue ^a,b   Qian, Hui ^a,b   Wu, Jianhua ^a,b   Chen, Jie ^a,b   Zhang, Yiqian ^a,b   Zhang, Hongbo ^a,b  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer; Fluoride; Groundwater; Groundwater pollution; Hydrogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DISSOLUTION/PRECIPITATION; FLUORIDE; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; PHYSIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; CONFINED FLOW; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CONFINED AQUIFER; FLUORIDE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PHREATIC ZONE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SATURATION; WATER FLOW;

CHINA; WEI RIVER;

EID: 84900576569     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2691-6     Document Type: Article

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