Acidic and alkaline precipitation in the Cilician Basin, north-eastern Mediterranean Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 253, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 93-109

  Özsoy, Türkan ^a   Cemal Saydam, A ^b  

^a Ciftlikkoy Camp Mersin U ^*  (Turkey)

^b SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Back trajectory; Cilician Basin; Eastern Mediterranean; Mineral dust

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKALI; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MINERAL; RAIN;

ACID RAIN; ALKALINE WATER; PRECIPITATION QUALITY;

ACID RAIN; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DUST; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DUST; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINERALS; SEAWATER; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034658274     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00380-6     Document Type: Article

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