Inorganic fly-ash spheres as pollution tracers

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-252

  Rose, N L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; SULFUR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLY ASH; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0030065580     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(95)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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