Remediation of a sandy soil contaminated with cadmium, nickel, and zinc using an insoluble polyacrylate polymer

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1639-1649

  De Varennes, Amarilis ^a   Goss, Michael ^b   Mourato, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Contamination; Nickel; Polyacrylate polymers; Soil remediation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; NICKEL; SANDY SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; ZINC;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 33745106948     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620600710264     Document Type: Article

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