Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in an aged coal tar contaminated soil under in-vessel composting conditions

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 459-468

  Antizar Ladislao, Blanca ^a   Lopez Real, Joe ^a   Beck, Angus James ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composting; Kinetics; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

DRY WEIGHT; KINETICS; MANUFACTURED GAS PLANT SITE;

COAL TAR; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; MOISTURE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOILS;

COMPOSTING;

COAL TAR; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

COMPOSTING; KINETICS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PAH; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL DEGRADATION;

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; KINETICS; LABORATORY; MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

COAL TAR; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645839282     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.066     Document Type: Article

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