Spatial Variation of the Precipitation Chemistry in the Thrace Region of Turkey

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 491-501

  Şaylan, Levent ^a   Çaldaǧ, Bariş ^a   Bakanoǧullari, Fatih ^b   Toros, Hüseyin ^a   Yazgan, Mustafa ^a   Şen, Orhan ^a   Özkoca, Yunus ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Plant Protection Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Ions; Precipitation chemistry; Thrace

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ION; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RAINWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

THRACE;

EID: 79956297824     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201000065     Document Type: Article

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