Calcium and Magnesium in Groundwater

Preface Foreword About the editor PART 1. Origin and occurrence of calcium and magnesium in groundwaters 1 Ca and Mg in loess pore moisture A. Afelt 2 The solubility of different carbonate rocks in natural and anthropogenically influenced waters P. Miessner and T.R. Ruede 3 Hydrogeochemical distribution of Ca and Mg in groundwater in Serbia P. Papic, J. Milosavljevic, M. Cuk and R. Petrovic 4 Study of Ca and Mg distribution within the aeration and saturation zones of the Upper Jurassic limestone massif of the southern part of the Cracow-Czestochowa Upland (Poland) J. Rozkowski and K. Rozkowski 5 Groundwater calcium and magnesium content in various lithological types of aquifers in Slovenia K. Mezga and J. Urbanc 6 Ca and Mg in fractured and karstic aquifers of Slovenia T. Verbovsek and T. Kanduc 7 Distribution of Ca and Mg in groundwater flow systems in carbonate aquifers in Southern Latium Region (Italy): Implications on drinking water quality G. Sappa, S. Ergul and F. Ferranti 8 The major litho-structural units in selected areas of Northern Nigeria: Some statistics on the distribution of Ca and Mg are appended H.U. Dibal and U.A. Lar 9 Effect of mine waters from coal mines of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin in the content of Ca and Mg in the catchment of the Upper Odra river I. Pluta and A. Grmela PART 2 Significance of calcium and magnesium in groundwater for human health 10 Health and regulatory aspects of calcium and magnesium in drinking water F. Kozisek 11 Mineral water as a source of healthy minerals T. Wojtaszek and M. Pieniak 12 Mg and Ca in groundwater and the incidence of acute coronary syndrome: Application of a Bayesian spatial method in medical geology A. Kousa, A.S. Havulinna, N. Puustinen and E. Moltchanova<