G-BASE: Baseline geochemical mapping of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-357

  Johnson, C C ^a   Breward, N ^a   Ander, E L ^a   Ault, L ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochemical mapping; Soil; Stream sediment; Stream water

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MAPPING; MINERAL EXPLORATION; SOILS;

BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; REGIONAL GEOCHEMICAL MAPPINGS; STREAM SEDIMENTS; STREAM WATER;

GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CONTAMINATED LAND; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MAPPING; URBAN AREA;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27744578199     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/05-070     Document Type: Article

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