Pre-mining pattern of soils on Nauru, central Pacific

Pacific Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 523-540

  Morrison, R John ^a   Manner, Harley I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL RECORD; MINING; PHOSPHATE ROCK; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

MICRONESIA; NAURU; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 25444524309     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2005.0050     Document Type: Review

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