Potential selenium problems in great plains soils

Selenium in Agriculture and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 107-121

  Boon, David Y ^a  

^a Front Range Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Mining operations; Plains soils; Sedimentary deposits; Seleniferous soil distribution; Selenium association; Selenium toxicities; Western USA

Indexed keywords

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DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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