Characterization of waste tar associated with abandoned wood chemical plant sites in northwest Pennsylvania, USA

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 183, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 331-340

  Edenborn, Harry M ^a   Severson, Dessie ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

2, 4 xylenol; Cresols; DNAPL; Phenols; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Wood tar

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; PHENOLS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOLUTIONS; WOOD WASTES;

POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WOOD TAR;

TAR;

CALCIUM ACETATE; CHARCOAL; METHANOL; ORTHO CRESOL; PARA CRESOL; PHENOL; TAR;

CHARCOAL; PHENOLS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOLUTIONS; TAR; WOOD WASTES;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PAH; PHENOL; SALVAGING; TAR; WATER POLLUTION; WOOD;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LICHENS; MOSS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; TREE; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 34249803857     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9382-4     Document Type: Article

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