Temperature and pH dependent geochemical modeling of fluoride mobilization in the groundwater of a crystalline aquifer in southern India

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Sajil Kumar, P J ^a,b   Jegathambal, P ^b   Nair, Sreejesh ^c   James, E J ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KARUNYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aqueous speciation modeling; Fluoride mobilization; Groundwater; Tirupattur

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; FLUORSPAR; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ION EXCHANGE; IRON MINES; MICA; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATES;

AQUEOUS SPECIATION; CRYSTALLINE FORMATION; FLUORIDE MOBILIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; TIRUPATTUR; VARIABLE TEMPERATURE;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; MOBILIZATION; MODELING; PH; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TEMPERATURE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

INDIA; TIRUPATTUR;

EID: 84930761206     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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