Environmental problems in vertisol soils: The example of the Harran Plain

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 7 A, 2008, Pages 837-843

  Atasoy, Ayse Dilek ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Harran Plain; Pedoturbation; Pollution; Salinity; Sorption; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD CONSUMPTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALINITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SORPTION; VERTISOL;

EURASIA; HARRAN PLAIN; TURKEY; URFA;

EID: 49449084462     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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