High resolution regional hydrogeochemical baseline mapping of stream water of Wales, the Welsh Borders and West Midlands region

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 621-632

  Simpson, Peter R ^a   Breward, Neil ^a   Flight, Dee M A ^a   Lister, T Robert ^a   Cook, Jenny M ^a   Smith, Barry ^a   Hall, Gwendy E M ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; STREAM WATER; STREAMWATER;

UK, ENGLAND, WEST MIDLANDS; UK, WALES;

EID: 0030222746     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(96)00001-7     Document Type: Article

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