Incinerated sewage sludge products as amendments for agricultural soils: Leaching and plant uptake of trace elements

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 273-290

  Paramasivam, S ^a   Sajwan, K S ^a   Alva, A K ^b  

^a SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Incinerated sewage sludge; Leaching; Sewage sludge; Trace elements; Weathered incinerated sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LEACHING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING;

GREENHOUSE PLANT; INCINERATED SEWAGE SLUDGE; PLANT GROWTH; WEATHERED INCINERATED SEWAGE SLUDGE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AGRICULTURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LEACHING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING;

GROWTH; LEACHING; PLANT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL; TRACE ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; GREENHOUSE; INCINERATION; LEACHING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL; SORGHUM; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEATHERING;

AGRICULTURE; PLANTS; SOIL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII;

EID: 33645812543     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-9042-5     Document Type: Article

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