Hydrochemistry of Fluoride in Groundwaters from the Permo–Triassic Aquifer System of Central Shaanxi Province, Northwest China

Exposure and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 419-429

  Dou, You ^a   Howard, Ken ^b   Yang, Liwei ^a   Wang, Dong ^c   Guo, Li ^c  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Groundwater; R language; Saturation index; Spatial distribution; SPSS; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SATURATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; SHAANXI; WEINAN;

EID: 84974849306     PISSN: 24519766     EISSN: 24519685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-016-0218-6     Document Type: Article

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