Occurrence and hydrogeochemical characteristics of high-fluoride groundwater in Xiji County, southern part of Ningxia Province, China

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 275-290

  Wei, Chao ^a   Guo, Huaming ^a   Zhang, Di ^a   Wu, Yang ^a   Han, Shuangbao ^b   An, Yonghui ^b   Zhang, Fucun ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

F ; Geochemistry; Groundwater; Stable isotope; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; GROUNDWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84955653857     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: 15732983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-015-9716-x     Document Type: Article

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