Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-325-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-325-2015
Research article
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23 Feb 2015
Research article |  | 23 Feb 2015

Assessment of atmospheric trace element concentrations by lichen-bag near an oil/gas pre-treatment plant in the Agri Valley (southern Italy)

R. Caggiano, S. Trippetta, and S. Sabia

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