The Baseline Inorganic Chemistry of European Groundwaters

Natural Groundwater Quality

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 22-58

  Shand, P ^a   Edmunds, W M ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 84956528925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444300345.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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