Theoretical evaluation of dissolution and biochemical reduction of TNT for phytoremediation of contaminated sediments

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-261

  Voudrias, Evangelos A ^a,c,d   Assaf, Karim Shafe ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINITROTOLUENE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

BIOCHEMICAL REDUCTION; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; TNT; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EID: 0029667480     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-7722(95)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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