Soil Pollution in Turkey and Remediation Methods

Soil Remediation and Plants: Prospects and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 287-312

  Dağhan, Hatice ^a   Öztürk, Münir ^b,c,d  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Erosion; Pollution; Remediation; Soils; Turkey; Wastes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942915167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-799937-1.00010-3     Document Type: Chapter

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