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The quality of rivers: From pristine stage to global pollution
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Metadata
- Authors
- Meybeck, M., & Helmer, R.
- Venue
- Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1989-12
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 283-309
- ISSN
- 0031-0182 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1979579141
- Cited by
- 443
- References
- 54
- FWCI
- 10.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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