End Member Properties and Mixing Percentages

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Sample no. Li Sr K Na Mg Ca Br Cl so4 hco3 Total anions Total cations Total ions Reaction error (%) 

Judean Mountains, with a salinity that is negligible compared with the Dead Sea brine, so one actually talks of dilution. 

Examples of hydrologically deducible end members include dams that contribute to adjacent wells and seawater intruding into coastal aquifers. Known sources of manmade pollution may be treated as hydrologically suspected end members. 

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