Trace metal leaching through a soil-grassland system after sewage sludge application

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1550-1560

  Keller, C ^a   McGrath, S P ^a   Dunham, S J ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; LEACHING; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; TOXICITY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

TRACE METAL;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; FOOD CHAIN; LEACHING; LYSIMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SLUDGE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; METALS, HEAVY; POACEAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0036741016     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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