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Applications of geological reference samples to mineral prospecting and economic evaluation of ore potential is the only application with a history dating back before the issuance of G-i and W-i in 1951. It is an area in which data quality or lack thereof has serious economic impacts, hence the very early development of certified reference materials mentioned previously. An extensive study of the state of ore analysis was undertaken by the Institute of Geological Sciences (now the British Geological Survey). Nineteen ores and concentrates, of varied matrix, were distributed to 38 laboratories more than 1532 results were received (Lister and Galagher 1970). 

British Geological Survey, 1997. The physical properties of major aquifers in England and Wales, Hydrogeology Group, Technical Report WD/97/34. 

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Acknowledgements This abstract is published with the permission of the Director of the British Geological Survey (NERC). 

Talbot, J. C. and Darling, W. G. (1997). Compilation of Stable Isotope Data for Rainfall in the United Kingdom. Technical Report (British Geological Survey) Flydrogeology series, Keyworth, British Geological Survey. 

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Lawrence, A.R., Foster, S.S.D. (1987) The Pollution Threat from Agricultural Pesticides and Industrial Solvents. Hydrogeological Report No. 87/2, British Geological Survey, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. 

Hetherington, L.E., Brown, T.J., Idoine, N.E. et al. (2008) European Mineral Statistics 2002-06, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham. 

Elevated arsenic concentrations in oxic aquifers in Arizona (US) were linked to pH-dependent desorption (Robertson, 1989). Similar results exist for metamorphic aquifers in New England (US), where moderately alkaline waters (pH 7.5-9.3) were found to have elevated concentrations of arsenic (Robinson and Ayotte, 2006). Conversely, (BGS (British Geological Survey), 1989) suggested that arsenic concentrations of <4pgF-1 in water of the Lincolnshire Limestone (UK) cannot be explained by pH values of 7.0-9.5. McArthur et al. (2004) commented that the observations of pH increases with arsenic mobilization by Welch, Lico and Hughes (1988) and Robertson (1989) are not by themselves sufficient to prove that arsenic is mobilized by increasing pH. Arsenic may be mobilized by extended residence times, evaporation, and/or weathering, any of which could lead to both increases in pH and dissolved arsenic concentrations. 

BGS (British Geological Survey) (1989) Trace Element Occurrence in British Groundwaters. Research Report SD/89/3, British Geological Survey (BGS), Key worth. 

BGS/DPHE (British Geological Survey/Department of Public Health Engineering [Bangladesh]) (2001) Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Bangladesh (eds D.G. Kinniburgh and P.L. Smedley), Report WC/00/19, British Geological Survey, Keyworth. 

Trafford, J.M., Lawrence, A.R., Macdonald, D.M.J. et al. (1996) The Effect of Urbanization on the Groundwater Quality Beneath the City of Hanoi, Vietnam. British Geological Survey Technical Report WC/96/22, British Geological Survey, Key worth. 

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LAB 11 Laboratory for analysis of unfiltered water samples, stream sediment and floodplain sediment samples. Ion chromatography (IC) is used for Cf, Br, N03% N02, P043, S042 and ion specific electrode (ISE) for F and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in water. X-Ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) analyses for over 30 elements is used for stream sediment and floodplain sediment samples. To be nominated (suggestion British Geological Survey). 

Plant, J.A., Klaver, G, Locutura, J., Salminen, R., Vrana, IC Fordyce, F.M. 1996. Forum of European Geological Surveys (FOREGS) Geochemistry Task Group 1994-1996 Report. British Geological Survey (BGS) Technical Report WP/95/14. 52 pp. 

Stuart, A. (1984). Borehole sampling techniques in groundwater pollution studies. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WE/FL/84/15. 

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This chapter is published with the permission of the Director of the British Geological Survey (NERC). Figures 4.1 and 4.5 were prepared by Lauren Noakes and Henry Holbrook, respectively (both BGS). 

British Geological Survey. (1999a). Resultats de l etude d orientation et analyses chimiques des Stream Sediments dans le domaine de 1 Anti-Atlas (Maroc). British Geological Survey Report prepared for the Moroccan Ministry of Mines and Energy, Rabat, Morocco. British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK. 

British Geological Survey (1999b). Regional Geochemistry of Wales and Part of West-Central England Stream Water. British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham. ISBN 0 85272 363 6. 

Fordyce, F. M., Dochartaigh, B. E. O., Lister, T. L., Cooper, R., Kim, A. W., Harrison, I., Vane, C. H., and Brown, S. E. (2004). Clyde tributaries Report of urban stream sediment and surface water geochemistry for Glasgow. British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK, Commissioned Report No. CR/04/037. 

Johnson, C. C. (2005). 2005 G-BASE Field Procedures Manual. British Geological Survey, Keyurorth, UK, Internal Report No. IR/05/097. 

Data Conditioning of Environmental Geochemical Data Quality Control Procedures Used in the British Geological Survey s Regional Geochemical Mapping Project... 

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