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Reservoir’s Impact on the Water Chemistry of the Teesta River Mountain Course (Darjeeling Himalaya)

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S
Volume 25 (2018): Issue 1 (March 2018)
By: Łukasz Wiejaczka,  Paweł Prokop,  Rafał Kozłowski and  Subir Sarkar  
Open Access
|Apr 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2018-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2084-4549 | Journal ISSN: 1898-6196
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Language: English
Page range: 73 - 88
Published on: Apr 24, 2018
Published by: Society of Ecological Chemistry and Engineering
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
water chemistry,
water quality,
dam reservoir,
Teesta River,
Himalayas
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Sustainable and green chemistry,
Engineering,
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