Rain water chemistry at Calypsobyen, Svalbard

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-162

  Krawczyk, Wiesława Ewa ^a   Bartoszewski, Stefan A ^b   Siwek, Krzysztof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bellsund; Long range transport of pollutants; Precipitation; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BELLSUND; CALYPSOBYEN; NORWEGIAN SEA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 48749116999     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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