Abandoned Antarctic waste disposal sites: Monitoring remediation outcomes and limitations at Casey Station

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-31

  Stark, Jonathan S ^a   Snape, Ian ^a   Riddle, Martin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS WASTE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WASTE FACILITY;

ANTARCTICA; CASEY STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33644862229     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2006.00243.x     Document Type: Review

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