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Portugal is one of the richest countries in thermal and mineral water resources of the world. These thermal and mineral waters show a large variety in chemical compositions. From around 500 mineral springs and wells the chemical compositions were collected from public sources and these are plotted on maps that show the distribution of 13 different elements (lithium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, aluminium, iron, fluoride, chloride, sulphate, nitrate, carbonate, sulphide and silica) as well as the total dissolved solids and the pH. These maps show how the chemistry of the thermal and mineral waters are related to the very diverse geology of Portugal. The maps that are presented in this Atlas are very useful for several scientific and geochemical purposes, such as geological, chemical, medical and environmental sciences, as well as technological applications in industry, balneotherapy and geothermics. It is hoped that the publication of this Atlas will increase the interest in the geochemistry of the Portuguese thermal and mineral resources and that in the near future more detailed studies involving also chemical analysis of minor and trace elements are presented which would enlarge the application of a new geochemical atlas either in environmental geochemistry or in medical geochemical domains.

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"Hans Eggenkamp is Research Professional at Onderzoek & Beleving and Associate Researcher at Utrecht University. He was Investigador Auxiliar at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon from 2008 to 2013. PhD in Stable Isotope Geochemistry, with subject ""d37Cl; The geochemistry of chlorine isotopes"" (Utrecht, 1994). His main areas of research are isotope geochemistry of Cl and Br isotopes, hydrogeochemistry, water-rock interaction, experimental and analytical geochemistry. He has participated in research programs in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France and Portugal. He is author of the monograph ""The Geochemistry of Stable Chlorine and Bromine Isotopes"". José Manuel Marques is Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon. From 2007 to 2014 he was Coordinator of the Centro de Petrologia e Geoquímica of Instituto Superior Técnico. PhD in Mining Engineering, with subject ""Geochemistry of low-temperature geothermal fluids and water-rock interaction"" (Lisbon, 1999). His main scientific areas of research are Hydrogeology, Water-rock interaction, Geochemistry of Geofluids and Isotope Hydrology. He has participated in several R&D Projects mainly focused on the geochemistry of surface and groundwaters and water-rock interaction studies, based on chemical and isotopic composition of waters and rocks. Maria Orquídia Neves is Assistant Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon. PhD in Mining Engineering, with subject ""Closed Mines and its Geochemical Environmental Impacts. The case study of Cunha Baixa Uranium Mine (Viseu)"" (Lisbon, 2003). Her main scientific areas of research are Environmental Geochemistry, Chemical Analysis and Medical Geology, dealing with relationships between geological and anthropogenic factors and effects on human and animal health. She has participated in National and International R&D Projects mainly focused on the geochemistry of groundwaters, soil-water-plant interactions and health risks."

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