Advances in engineered remediation for use in the Arctic and Antarctica

Polar Record

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-120

  Filler, D M ^a   Reynolds, C M ^b   Snape, I ^c   Daugulis, A J ^d   Barnes, D L ^a   Williams, P J ^e  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLAR REGION; REMEDIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 33646413698     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003224740500505X     Document Type: Article

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