Environmental contamination in the Keban mining district, eastern Turkey

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1 A, 2007, Pages 3-18

  Bölücek, Cemal ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Algae; Environmental contamination; Keban; Moss; Stream sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247176756     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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