Congener level PCB desorption kinetics of field-contaminated sediments

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 593-613

  Ghosh, Upal ^a   Weber, A Scott ^b   Jensen, James N ^b   Smith, John R ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Desorption; Kinetics; PCB; Resistant fraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039132499     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10588339991339496     Document Type: Article

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