Potential use of environmental isotopes in pollutant migration studies

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-262

  Miljević, Nada ^a   Golobočanin, Dušan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Coal mining; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Organic contaminants; Stable isotopes; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINE; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; COAL MINING; COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MIGRATION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PLUME; POLLUTANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ISOTOPES;

EID: 34250358315     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10004-007-0015-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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