Animal burrowing attributes affecting hazardous waste management

Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 831-847

  Smallwood, K Shawn ^a   Morrison, Michael L ^b   Beyea, Jan ^a  

^a California State University ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Environmental impact; Hazardous waste; Radioactivity; Risk; Soil bioturbation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BURROWING; HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOIL BIOTURBATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

RADIOISOTOPE;

BURROWING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; NUCLEAR WASTE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032213279     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900151     Document Type: Review

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