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Mineralogical sources of groundwater fluoride in Archaen bedrock/regolith aquifers: Mass balances from southern India and north-central Sri Lanka

Hallett, BM; Dharmagunawardhane, HA; Atal, S; Valsami-Jones, E; Ahmed, S; Burgess, WG; (2015) Mineralogical sources of groundwater fluoride in Archaen bedrock/regolith aquifers: Mass balances from southern India and north-central Sri Lanka. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies , 4 (Part A) pp. 111-130. 10.1016/j.ejrh.2014.10.003. Green open access

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Abstract

STUDY REGION: The Maheshwaram and Waipally catchments of Andhra Pradesh, India, and the Plonnaruwa catchment of north-central Sri Lanka. STUDY FOCUS: The distribution of F across eight crystalline phases and between the bedrock and the regolith at eleven sites in three catchments is documented. Mineral contributions to F release during weathering and regolith development are quantified. NEW HYDROLOGICAL INSIGHTS FOR THE REGION: An estimate of weathering duration for the in situ regolith in Andhra Pradesh, 250-380 Ka, is close to a previous estimate for southern India. Partial or total destruction of the primary F-bearing bedrock minerals and consistent depletion of F in the remnant minerals result in a much reduced total F content in the regolith. Leaching experiments and field relationships, however, indicate a greater potential for F mobilisation to groundwater from the regolith than the bedrock. Schemes for managed aquifer recharge should beware the risk of mobilising additional F to groundwater.

Type: Article
Title: Mineralogical sources of groundwater fluoride in Archaen bedrock/regolith aquifers: Mass balances from southern India and north-central Sri Lanka
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2014.10.003
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2014.10.003
Language: English
Additional information: © 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ ).
Keywords: Groundwater; Fluoride; Regolith; Archaen; India; Sri Lanka
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1522421
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