In situ remediation of DDT-contaminated soil using a two-phase cosolvent flushing-fungal biosorption process

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 263-274

  Juhasz, Albert L ^a,b   Smith, Euan ^a,b   Smith, Julie ^a   Naidu, Ravendra ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cosolvent flushing; DDT; Fungal biosorption; in situ; Remediation

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FUNGI; VOLUME FRACTION;

BIOSORPTION;

SOILS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PROPANOL; SOLVENT;

DDT; FLUSHING; FUNGUS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOW RATE; FLUSHING; FRACTIONATION; FUNGUS; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; VELOCITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER FLOW;

FUNGI;

EID: 0043170888     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024593815925     Document Type: Article

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