Identification and assessment of contaminated sites at Casey Station, Wilkes Land, Antarctica

Polar Record

Volumn 35, Issue 195, 1999, Pages 299-316

  Deprez, Patrick P ^a   Arens, Michael ^b   Locher, Helen ^c  

^a Water/Environ ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c Hydro Electric Corporation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BIOREMEDIATION; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INCINERATION; LEAD; OIL SPILL; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZINC;

CONTAMINATED LAND; HYDROCARBON; SAMPLING;

ANTARCTICA; CASEY STATION;

EID: 0033397420     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247400015655     Document Type: Article

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