The type and spatial distribution of past waste at the abandoned Wilkes Station, East Antarctica

Polar Record

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 328-347

  Fryirs, Kirstie ^a   Snape, Ian ^b   Babicka, Nadia ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c Department of Sustainability Environment Water Population and Communities ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCINERATION; LANDFILL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIMBER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WILKES STATION;

EID: 84884232210     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247412000721     Document Type: Article

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