A proposed method for rapid and economical extraction of petroleum hydrocarbons from contaminated soils

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 725-728

  Siddique, Tariq ^a,b   Rutherford, P Michael ^a   Arocena, Joselito M ^a   Thring, Ronald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extraction method; Gas chromatography; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Soil analysis; Soxhlet extraction

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 34249083175     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S05-075     Document Type: Article

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