A survey of the inorganic chemistry of bottled mineral waters from the British Isles

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1872-1888

  Smedley, Pauline L ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTLED WATER; BRITAIN; BRITISH ISLES; DEVONIANS; DIVERSE RANGE; DRINKING WATER; ENGLAND; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; IN-SITU; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ION COMPOSITION; IRELAND; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOWER PALAEOZOIC; MAJOR IONS; METAL OXIDES; MINERAL WATER; NATIONAL STANDARD; NATURAL COMPOSITION; NATURAL MINERALS; NORTHERN IRELAND; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PET BOTTLES; PIPEWORKS; SCOTLAND; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SPRING WATER; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TWO SOURCES;

AQUIFERS; BARIUM; BEVERAGES; BOTTLING PLANTS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; GLASS BOTTLES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IONS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MINERALS; POTABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SANDSTONE; SILICATE MINERALS; STAINLESS STEEL; TIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; BARIUM; BOREHOLE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLIANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INORGANIC MATTER; ION; LITHOLOGY; MAGNITUDE; MINERAL; NITRATE; OXIDE; PALEOZOIC; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SANDSTONE; SURVEY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649476263     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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