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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 98, 2019
16th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction (WRI-16) and 13th International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry (1st IAGC International Conference)
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| Article Number | 01031 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Geological Evolution of Water-Rock System: Mechanisms, Processes, Factors, Stages. The Session Dedicated to Stepan Shvartsev’s Memory | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199801031 | |
| Published online | 07 June 2019 | |
Hydrogeochemistry of high-fluoride saline groundwater in the Yuncheng Basin, northern China
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School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Groundwater Research Group, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, Canada
* Corresponding author: xubo.gao.cug@gmail.com
The presence of saline groundwater has become one of the most acute problems for water resource management worldwide, since it causes deterioration in water quality and endangers future exploitation of groundwater resources. In addition, high levels of groundwater salinity are often associated with an increase in the concentrations of fluoride (F). Diverse mechanisms govern salts and fluoride enrichment in groundwater. In this case, saline groundwater with elevated fluoride (up to 14.1 mg/L) in the Yuncheng Basin (YB) was investigated. The research shows: (i) large-scale contamination of F in groundwater is closely associated with groundwater salinization processes in the area; (ii) groundwater with high F concentrations has distinctive major ion chemistry: Na-rich and Ca-poor with a high pH and HCO3- content. The major ion chemistry and pH are controlled by mineral dissolution, cation exchange, and evaporation in the aquifer systems which are also important for F mobilization.
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