Contaminant transport in high Arctic soils: A tracer experiment

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-207

  Lund, Karen E ^a   Young, Kathy L ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic hydrology; High Arctic; Lithium chloride; Permafrost; Soil contamination; Tracers

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; SOIL POLLUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21044456884     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.516     Document Type: Article

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