Elements in cottonwood trees as an indicator of ground water contaminated by landfill leachate

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 120-126

  Erdman, James A ^a   Christenson, Scott ^b  

^a Building 7 ^*  (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BORON; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; DEUTERIUM; LAND FILL; PLANTS (BOTANY); SODIUM; STRONTIUM; WATER WELLS;

CHLORIDE; COTTONWOOD TREES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION; LEACHATE PLUME; LEAF; MONITORING WELL; PROMPT GAMMA INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION; SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE;

GROUNDWATER;

BIOMONITORING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; TREE;

NORMAN; OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 0033997394     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2000.tb00258.x     Document Type: Review

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