Treatment of RDX using down-flow constructed wetland mesocosms

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-80

  Low, Darryl ^a   Tan, Kui ^b   Anderson, Todd ^c   Cobb, George P ^c   Liu, Jun ^c   Jackson, W Andrew ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Roux Associates Inc   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Constructed wetlands; Hexahydro 1,3,5 trinitro 1,3,5 triazine (RDX); Plant uptake

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; PLANT UPTAKE; SURFACE CONTAMINATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

DISPERSIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ELECTRON; EXPLOSIVE; MESOCOSM; RESEARCH WORK; WATER POLLUTION;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 37349060005     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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