The Arctic wasteland: A perspective on Arctic pollution

Polar Record

Volumn 32, Issue 182, 1996, Pages 237-248

  Davis, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIONUCLIDE; TOXIC MATERIAL; WASTELAND;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0029851859     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247400025134     Document Type: Review

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