Geochemistry and sources of fluoride and nitrate contamination of groundwater in Lar area, south Iran

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2017, Pages 15471-15487

  Rezaei, Mohsen ^a   Nikbakht, Masume ^a   Shakeri, Ata ^a  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Contamination; Fluoride; Geochemistry; Iran; Lar; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

IRAN; LAR VALLEY; TEHRAN [IRAN];

FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRAN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; GROUNDWATER; IRAN; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85019199881     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9108-0     Document Type: Article

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