Phytotreatment of TNT-contaminated groundwater

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 511-529

  Rivera, Roxanne ^a,b   Medina, Victor F ^b   Larson, Steven L ^c   McCutcheon, Steven C ^d  

^a University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

HMX; Munitions; Phyto reactors; Phytoremediation; RDX

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002373722     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10588339891334375     Document Type: Article

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