Increasing pollution levels on the Witwatersrand recorded in the peat deposits of the Klip River wetland

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 27-34

  McCarthy, T S ^a   Venter, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINE WASTE; PEATLAND; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION; WETLAND;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 33744816821     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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