Hydrochemical characterization of drinking groundwater with special reference to fluoride in an arid area of China and the control of aquifer leakage on its concentrations

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 8575-8588

  Wu, Jianhua ^a   Li, Peiyue ^a   Qian, Hui ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Confined aquifers; Fluoride occurrence; Groundwater; Hydrochemical controls

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CONFINED AQUIFERS; DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATIONS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORIDE OCCURRENCE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CARBONATE GROUP; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFINED AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; HALIDE GROUP; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAKAGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU; SHIZUISHAN;

EID: 84930224769     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4018-2     Document Type: Article

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