The sequestration of PCBs in Lake Hartwell sediment with activated carbon

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2105-2113

  Werner, David ^a   Higgins, Christopher P ^b   Luthy, Richard G ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Enhanced in situ sequestration; Lake Hartwell; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; CARBON; CHELATION; DESORPTION; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

DRY SEDIMENTS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; SEQUESTRATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FRESH WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

PCB; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESORPTION; DRY MASS; LAKE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 20444362018     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.03.019     Document Type: Article

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