Soil contamination by heavy metals: Measurements from a closed unlined landfill

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 8578-8584

  Kasassi, A ^a   Rakimbei, P ^a   Karagiannidis, A ^a   Zabaniotou, A ^a   Tsiouvaras, K ^a   Nastis, A ^a   Tzafeiropoulou, K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Industrial waste; Regulatory limits; Soil contamination; Unlined landfills

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; DRILLING; HEAVY METALS; LAND FILL; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SURFACE CLEANING; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CHEMICAL-; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METAL POLLUTION; METAL VALUES; PHYTOREMEDIATION; REGULATORY LIMITS; REHABILITATION METHODS; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL SAMPLES; UNLINED LANDFILLS;

METALS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LANDFILL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL MINING; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LANDFILL; LEACHING; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

METALS, HEAVY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 50349085109     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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