Relationship between water repellency and native and petroleum-derived organic carbon in soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 583-590

  Roy, J L ^a   McGill, W B ^b   Lowen, H A ^c   Johnson, R L ^d  

^a Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Matrix Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; CRUDE PETROLEUM;

ORGANIC CARBON;

SOILS;

ALCOHOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; OIL; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM; SOIL WATER;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOLUBILITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037345891     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2003.5830     Document Type: Article

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