Effect of warfare waste on soil: A case study of Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey)

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 657-675

  Baba, Alper ^a,b   Deniz, Ozan ^a,b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Battlefields; Gallipoli; Heavy metals; Soil contamination; Warfare waste

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); CADMIUM; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL POLLUTION; METAL CONTAMINATION; OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE ROCKS; WARFARE WASTE;

WASTES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S; EXPLOSIVE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RUNOFF; STRONTIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; WAR;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LEACHING; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; ROCK; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WAR;

CANAKKALE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GALLIPOLI PENINSULA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 13444309458     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2004.006056     Document Type: Article

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