Geochemical background-an environmental perspective

Mineralogia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-17

  Gałuszka, Agnieszka ^a   Migaszewski, Zdzisław ^a  

^a JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

anthropogenic impact; environmental quality criteria; geochemical background; pollution source identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864599964     PISSN: 18998291     EISSN: 18998526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10002-011-0002-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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