Environmental fate of tungsten from military use

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2887-2893

  Clausen, Jay L ^a   Korte, Nic ^b  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Groundwater; Soil; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

BELOW GROUND SURFACES; ENVIRONMENTAL FATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MOBILITIES; FATE AND TRANSPORTS; GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS; MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY RESERVATIONS; MILITARY USE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PORE WATERS; SMALL ARMS RANGES; SOIL SAMPLINGS; SURFACE SOILS; TRAINING RANGES; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FETAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; SOILS; TUNGSTEN; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LYSIMETER; POREWATER; TOXICITY; TUNGSTEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOIL; TUNGSTEN; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449156228     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

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