Contaminants in freezing ground and associated ecosystems: Key issues at the beginning of the new millennium

Polar Record

Volumn 39, Issue 211, 2003, Pages 291-300

  Snape, Ian ^a   Riddle, Martin J ^a   Filler, Dennis M ^b   Williams, Peter J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b NORTECH Environ/Eng Consultants   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; COLD REGION; FROZEN GROUND; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0345376031     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s003224740300322x     Document Type: Article

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