A microcosm study on remediation of explosives-contaminated groundwater using constructed wetlands

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 829, Issue , 1997, Pages 202-218

  Sikora, F J ^a   Behrends, L L ^a   Phillips, W D ^a   Coonrod, H S ^a   Bailey, E ^a   Bader, D F ^b  

^a TVA Environmental Research Center   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOXY DERIVATIVE; CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; GROUND WATER; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPOSTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

MYRIOPHYLLUM AQUATICUM; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 0031582853     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48576.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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