Assessment of aquatic pollution, remedial measures and juridical obligations of an acid sulphate soil area in western Finland

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-56

  Österholm, Peter ^a   Åström, Mats ^b   Sundström, Robert ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acid sulphate soils; Acidity; Drainage; Groundwater management; Hydrogeochemistry; Metals; pH; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444491585     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/1459606054224101     Document Type: Article

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