Radon, fluoride and 62 elements as determined by ICP-MS in 145 Norwegian hard rock groundwater samples

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Reimann, C ^a   Hall, G E M ^b   Siewers, U ^c   Bjorvatn, K ^d   Morland, G ^a   Skarphagen, H ^a   Strand, T ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

groundwater; inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; water wells

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; RADON; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

CONTAMINATION; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ICP-MS; RADON; TOXICITY;

NORWAY, BERGEN; NORWAY, OSLO;

EID: 0030440240     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05272-2     Document Type: Article

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