Environmental–geochemical mapping program in the Slovak Republic
Abstract The paper presents a review of environmental–geochemical mapping of the Slovak Republic. The project `Geochemical Atlas of the Slovak Republic' (implemented at the beginning of 1991), comprises completed (or nearly completed) geochemical atlases of groundwater, soils, stream sediments, forest biomass, rocks and natural radioactivity of the Slovak Republic at a scale of 1 : 1,000,000. These serve as background for environmental–geochemical mapping in selected regions at a scale of 1 : 50,000 which is now in progress (for water, soil, sediment and rock). In order to allow for compatibility between individual regions, methodological guidelines were developed (as required for all studies funded by the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic).
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