Effect of drought and fires on the quality of water in Lithuanian rivers

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-427

  Sakalauskiene, G ^a   Ignatavicius, G ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Lithuania; River water quality

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DROUGHT; FIRE; LEAD; PH; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346934861     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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