Mapping of potentially hazardous elements in the Cambrian Vendian aquifer system, northern Estonia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 17-27

  Karro, Enn ^a   Marandi, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Arsenic; Barium; Bedrock; Cambrian; Estonia; Fluorine; Groundwater; Vendian

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BEDROCK; CAMBRIAN; FLUORINE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MAPPING; WATER QUALITY;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0742302228     PISSN: 03675211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17741/bgsf/75.1-2.002     Document Type: Article

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