The chemistry of bottled mineral and spring waters from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-361

  Frengstad, Björn S ^a   Lax, Kaj ^b   Tarvainen, Timo ^c   Jæger, Øystein ^a   Wigum, Börge J ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Mannvit   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Bottled waters; Groundwater chemistry; Health; Major elements; Nordic; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BOTTLED WATER; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; DATA SETS; DRINKING WATER; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FENNOSCANDIA; FINLAND; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; ICELANDS; LOW DETECTION LIMIT; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MEDIAN VALUE; MODERATE CONCENTRATION; NORDIC; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; SPRING WATER; TAP WATER; UNCONSOLIDATED AQUIFERS; URANIUM CONTENTS; WATER TYPES; WELL WATER;

ANTIMONY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEALTH; HYDROGEOLOGY; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POTABLE WATER; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SPRINGS (WATER); TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DRINKING WATER; SPRING WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

FINLAND; ICELAND; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 78649905236     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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