Regional appraisal of the fluoride occurrence in groundwaters of Andhra Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 483-493

  Rao, P N ^a   Rao, A D ^a   Bhargav, J S ^b   Siva Sankar, K ^b   Sudarshan, G ^a  

^a CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Fluoride; Granitic terrain; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

ARTESIAN WELL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGRAPH; TERRAIN;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; NALGONDA; TELANGANA; WARANGAL;

EID: 84919653542     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-014-0154-7     Document Type: Article

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