Environmental qualitative assessment of rivers sediments

Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-116

  Karbassi, A R ^a   Pazoki, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Khuzestan province; Pollution; Sedimentation; Shavoor river; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003821975     PISSN: 23833572     EISSN: 23833866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7508/gjesm.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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