Irrigation of soil with synthetic landfill leachate - Speciation and distribution of selected pollutants

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 429-441

  Smith, D C ^a   Sacks, J ^a   Senior, E ^a  

^a Dept Microbiol Plant Pathol U   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Copper; Landfill leachate; Microbial activity; Phenol; Sequential extraction; Soil irrigation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SYNTHETIC LANDFILL LEACHATE;

COPPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; EXTRACTION; IRRIGATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; PH EFFECTS; PHENOLS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

COPPER; GROUND WATER; IRON; PHENOL; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

LANDFILL; LEACHATE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; LANDFILL; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0033005467     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00094-9     Document Type: Article

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