Occurrence and chemical characteristics of ground water in precambrian bedrock in finland

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn , Issue 27, 1999, Pages 85-96

  Karro, E ^a,b   Lahermo, P ^a  

^a Department of Geology ^*  (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

(geoRef Thesaurus, AGI): ground water; Arsenic; Bedrock; Drilled wells; Finland; Fluorides; Fractures; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydrochemistry; Radon; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742277807     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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