Direct volatilization of naphthalene to the atmosphere at a phytoremediation site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5560-5566

  Marr, Linsey C ^a   Booth, Elizabeth C ^a   Andersen, Rikke G ^a   Widdowson, Mark A ^a   Novak, John T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOVOLATILIZATION; SURFACE VOLATILIZATION;

BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NAPHTHALENE; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

GROUND WATER; NAPHTHALENE;

BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NAPHTHALENE; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TREATMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NAPHTHALENE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOREMEDIATION; CANOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREE; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; NAPHTHALENES; PLANTS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; SCOTT COUNTY [TENNESSEE]; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS;

EID: 33748566305     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060087+     Document Type: Article

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