Environmental risks of metals mobilised from acid sulphate soils in Finland: A literature review

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 444-456

  Fältmarsch, Rasmus M ^a   Åström, Mats E ^b   Vuori, Kari Matti ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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