Selenium speciation of surface sediments from saline lakes of the Soan-Sakesar Valley Salt-Range, Pakistan

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 575-588

  Afzal, Shahzad ^a   Younas, Mohammad ^b   Hussain, Khadim ^b  

^a Directorate of Land Reclamation   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Lake sediments; Saline lakes; Selenium speciation

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SALINE LAKE; SELENIUM; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

PAKISTAN; SALT RANGE;

EID: 0033394066     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.1999.029     Document Type: Article

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