Contribution of nitrogen to acidity in the Bjerkreim River in southwestern Norway

Ambio

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 304-311

  Henriksen, Arne ^a   Hindar, Atle ^a   Hessen, Dag O ^b   Kaste, Øyvind ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; NITROGEN; RIVER WATER; SULPHATE; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; WET DEPOSITION;

NORWAY, BJERKREIM RIVER;

EID: 0030800483     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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