METHOD OF ANALYSIS In 1911, Palmer, then with the U.S. Geological 



Survey, invented a method of analyzing natur- 

 al waters so they might be used for geological interpretation. Palmer's system 

 emphasizes the important differences between waters and their geological relation- 

 ship. He grouped those radicals that are either geochemically similar or geo- 

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