Effects of 5-year application of municipal solid waste compost on the distribution and mobility of heavy metals in a Tunisian calcareous soil

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 156-163

  Achiba, Walid Ben ^a,b   Gabteni, Noureddine ^b   Lakhdar, Abdelbasset ^a   Laing, Gijs Du ^c   Verloo, Marc ^c   Jedidi, Naceur ^a   Gallali, Tahar ^b  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Farmyard manure; Fertility; Heavy metals; Mobility; Municipal solid waste compost; Sequential extraction; Soil

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; COMPOST; ELEMENT MOBILITY; HEAVY METAL; MANURE; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 60249090390     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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