Use of peat in waste treatment

Mining Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-56

  Malterer, T ^a   Mccarthy, B ^a   Adams, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; PEAT; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 0029770481     PISSN: 00265187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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