Waste management: Chemical composition of municipal leaf waste and hand-collected urban leaf litter

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 355-362

  Heckman, J R ^a   Kluchinski, D ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CARBON TO NITROGEN RATIO; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; HAND COLLECTED URBAN LEAF LITTER; MUNICIPAL LEAF WASTE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER PRACTICE; URBAN SOIL;

WASTES;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BORON; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; CHLORIDE ION; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; FERTILIZER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030110836     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1996.00472425002500020021x     Document Type: Article

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