Modelling the risk of nitrate leaching from two soils amended with five different biosolids

Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 619-626

  Correa, Rodrigo Studart ^a   White, Robert Edwin ^b   Weatherley, Anthony James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Nitrogen leaching; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748877366     PISSN: 01000683     EISSN: 18069657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-06832005000400014     Document Type: Article

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