State of an art review of peat: General perspective

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1988-1996

  Huat, Bujang B K ^a   Kazemian, Sina ^b   Prasad, Arun ^c   Barghchi, Maassoumeh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical properties; Humification; Peat; Physical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958764900     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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