Residues of explosives in groundwater leached from soils at a military site in Eastern Germany

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 133-153

  Spiegel, Katrin ^a   Headley, John V ^b   Peru, K M ^b   Haidar, Nazar ^c   Gurprasard, Narine P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Environmental Protection Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 17444365112     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-200043010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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