Sewage sludge application to land - A preliminary assessment of the sensitivity of Scottish soils to heavy metal inputs

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 149-155

  Towers, W ^a   Paterson, E ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binding; Capacity; Groundwater; Heavy metals; Pollution; Scotland; Sewage sludge; UK

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; PH; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

EID: 0030864888     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1997.tb00576.x     Document Type: Article

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