Environmental effects of one thousand years of copper production at Falun, central Sweden

Ambio

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 96-103

  Ek, A S ^a   Lofgren S ^a   Bergholm, J ^a   Qvarfort, U ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COPPER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT;

FALUN; SWEDEN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0035049072     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-30.2.96     Document Type: Review

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