The impact of warfare on the soil environment

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-15

  Certini, Giacomo ^a   Scalenghe, Riccardo ^b   Woods, William I ^c  

^a Del Suolo e dell'Ambiente Agroforestale (DIPSA)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbances; Bombturbation; Contamination; Pedogenesis; Pollution; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DIOXIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PEDOGENESIS; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84884920158     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.08.009     Document Type: Review

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