Coal fly ash as an acid-reducing soil amendment and its side-effects

Soil Science

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 811-820

  McCallister, Dennis L ^a,b   Frank, Kenneth D ^a,b   Stevens, W Bart ^a,c   Hergert, Gary W ^a,d   Renken, Roger R ^a,b   Marx, David B ^a,b  

^a University of Nebraska Lincoln Agricultural Research Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Coal combustion by product; Fly ash; PH; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; FLY ASH; LIMING; PH; SOIL AMENDMENT;

EID: 0036919613     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-200212000-00005     Document Type: Article

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