Fingerprinting sources of salinity in a coastal chalk aquifer in Denmark using trace elements

Salinity levels above the drinking water standard (>250 mg/l Cl–) are observed at shallow depth in a Maastrichtian chalk aquifer on the island of Falster, south-eastern Denmark. To understand the source of the salt, 63 samples from 12 individual, 1 m, screened intervals between 14 and 26 m b.s. w...

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Main Authors: Christian Knudsen, Klaus Hinsby, Rasmus Jakobsen, Lars Juul Kjærgård, Per Rasmussen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland 2021-07-01
Series:GEUS Bulletin
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Online Access:https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/5336/14181