Acidic deposition: Sources and ecological effects

Acid in the Environment: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 27-58

  Driscoll, Charles T ^a   Lambert, Kathy Fallon ^b   Chen, Limin ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ecologic: Analysis and Communications ^*  (United States)

^c Systech Engineering Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84885785212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-37562-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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