Mobility and degradation of trinitrotoluene/metabolites in soil columns: Effect of soil organic carbon content

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 682-693

  Singh, Neera ^a   Hennecke, Dieter ^b   Hoerner, Jennifer ^b   Koerdel, Werner ^b   Schaeffer, Andreas ^c  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,4 dinitrotoluene; Column; Leaching; Organic carbon; Trinitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LEACHING; METABOLITES; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

SOIL BOUND RESIDUES; TRINITROTOLUENE;

TOLUENE;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; COMPOST; DEGRADATION; FLOW; LEACHING; SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DINITROBENZENES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRINITROTOLUENE;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 42649143858     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520801959823     Document Type: Article

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