Fluoride enrichment in groundwater of semi-arid urban area: Khan Younis City, southern Gaza Strip (Palestine)

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 259-266

  Abu Jabal, Mohamed Shaban ^a   Abustan, Ismail ^a,b   Rozaimy, Mohd Remy ^a   Al Najar, Hussam ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Calcite; Fluorapatite; Fluoride; Fluorite; Gaza strip; Khan Younis

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORAPATITE; FLUORIDE; FLUORITE; GROUNDWATER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SATURATION; SEMIARID REGION; URBAN AREA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

GAZA STRIP; KHAN YOUNIS; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE;

EID: 84905240895     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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