Pulp sludge as a component in manufactured topsoil

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 387-397

  Carpenter, Andrew F ^a   Fernandez, Ivan J ^b  

^a Univ of Maine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PH; RECLAMATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; MINERALIZATION; PULP SLUDGE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; PLANT GROWTH; PULP MILL; SLUDGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

POPULUS;

EID: 0034122784     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2000.00472425002900020004x     Document Type: Article

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