Hydrochemical characteristics of groundwater quality with special reference to fluoride concentration in parts of Mulugu-Venkatapur Mandals, Warangal district, Telangana

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 247-258

  Satyanarayana, E ^a   Dhakate, Ratnakar ^b   Kumar, D Laxman ^a   Ravindar, P ^a   Muralidhar, M ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; SILICATE MELT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WEATHERING;

INDIA; TELANGANA; WARANGAL;

EID: 85016393801     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-017-0597-8     Document Type: Article

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