Pollution Indices as Tools For Evaluation of the Accumulation and Military Activities on the Molotov Line During Wwii Still Detectable in the Chemical Record of Soils in Roztocze (Se Poland)

Plak, Andrzej; Gajek, Grzegorz; Telecka, Małgorzata; Hałas, Paulina; Bis, Małgorzata; Szafran, Tomasz

doi:10.14746/quageo-2026-0002

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Pollution Indices as Tools For Evaluation of the Accumulation and Military Activities on the Molotov Line During Wwii Still Detectable in the Chemical Record of Soils in Roztocze (Se Poland)

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