Simplified calculation of maximum allowable contaminant concentration in waste-amended construction materials

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-32

  Inyang, Hilary I ^a,b   Ogunro, Vincent O ^a,b   Hooper, Frederick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^c GeoTesting Express Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Heavy metals; Leachability; PCS; Waste utilization

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINANT LEACHABILITY;

WASTE UTILIZATION;

GROUND WATER; PETROLEUM; WELL WATER;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CALCULATION; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0038691675     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(02)00118-0     Document Type: Article

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