Geochemical controls of high fluoride groundwater in Umarkot Sub-District, Thar Desert, Pakistan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2015, Pages 271-278

  Rafique, Tahir ^a   Naseem, Shahid ^b   Ozsvath, David ^c   Hussain, Riaz ^d   Bhanger, Muhammad Iqbal ^b   Usmani, Tanzil Haider ^a  

^a PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^d Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Base ion exchange; Calcite precipitation; Evaporation; Fluoride ions; Mineral weathering; Thar Desert; Umarkot

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; EVAPORATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; LANDFORMS; MICA; MINERALS; POTABLE WATER; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; FLUORIDE ION; MINERAL WEATHERING; THAR DESERT; UMARKOT;

FLUORIDE MINERALS;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; SILICATE;

CALCITE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVAPORATION; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; BASE ION EXCHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; PAKISTAN; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

THAR DESERT;

EID: 84930621936     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.038     Document Type: Article

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