Geological sources of as in the environment of Greece: A review

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages 77-113

  Gamaletsos, Platon ^a,b   Godelitsas, Athanasios ^a   Dotsika, Elissavet ^c   Tzamos, Evangelos ^d   Göttlicher, Jörg ^b   Filippidis, Anestis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Geothermal; Greece; Minerals; Ores; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983189184     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/698-2013-230     Document Type: Review

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