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Geogenic Sources of Arsenic and Fluoride in Groundwater:Examples from the Zagros Basin, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F23%3A73621512" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/23:73621512 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/11/1981" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/11/1981</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15111981" target="_blank" >10.3390/w15111981</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Geogenic Sources of Arsenic and Fluoride in Groundwater:Examples from the Zagros Basin, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

  • Original language description

    Groundwater is one of the crucial water resources for domestic, agriculture and other purposes in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which is counted as a semiarid region with seasonal precipitation in winter. The geogenic source of arsenic and fluoride in groundwaterhas been studied in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which is a part of the Zagros Basin, using the hydrogeochemical method. The analysis results showed that the concentrations of arsenic and fluoride range from 0.19 to 7.8 µg/L and from 0.01 to 2.1 mg/L, respectively. The hydrogeochemical characteristics of the groundwater in the studied area were connected to the fluoride F− and arsenic As concentrations for understanding their sources and behavior. The hydrogeochemical relations between F and Asindicate geogenic sources and relatively simple aquifer conditions. Some samples may indicate the presence of contamination sources in addition to geogenic sources. Considering the WHO guidelines, the concentrations of As in most of the samples do not exceed the WHO limit, but the F in some samples shows a higher concentration than the WHO limit, indicating a serious risk of fluorosis in some spots. Connecting the changes in F concentrations to depth and aquifer types, a higher F concentration is associated with an intergranular aquifer and decreases in a karst aquifer. The speciation of F− and As is controlled by pH and redox conditions. Adsorption, cation exchange, and the dissolution of carbonate minerals with the possible dissolution of fluorite are the most dominantgeochemical processes that control the concentrations of As and F− in groundwater. The principal sources of F− and As in the study area seem to be geogenic.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10505 - Geology

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2023

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Water

  • ISSN

    2073-4441

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    15

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    11

  • Country of publishing house

    CH - SWITZERLAND

  • Number of pages

    19

  • Pages from-to

    "1981-1"-"1981-19"

  • UT code for WoS article

    001006417600001

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85161383458