Integrated Approach to the Evaluation of Chemical Dynamics and Anthropogenic Pollution Sources in the Sava River Basin

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-94

  Ogrinc, Nives ^a   Kanduč, Tjaša ^a   Kocman, David ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Pollution; Sava River Basin; Stable isotopes; Trace elements; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945475033     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-44034-6_4     Document Type: Chapter

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