Combination of natural gums and synthetic surfactants for washing of a soil highly contaminated with crude

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-58

  Torres, Luis G ^a,b   Zavala, Patricia ^c   Beltrán, Margarita ^c   Vaca, Mabel ^c   Iturbe, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Posgrado en Ciencias e Ingeniería Ambientales ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASHING;

CRUDE OIL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SURFACTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA;

EID: 33947612003     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.12080505006     Document Type: Article

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