Assessments of the efficacy of a long-term application of a phytoremediation system using hybrid poplar trees at former oil tank farm sites

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 486-498

  El Gendy, Ahmed S ^a   Svingos, Sotero ^b   Brice, Donald ^b   Garretson, Joel H ^c   Schnoor, Jerald ^d  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Refining Business Unit   (United States)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; BTEX; Contaminated sites; Diesel range organics; Ethylbenzene and xylene; Gasoline range organics; Groundwater contamination; Phytoremediation; Poplar trees; Soil contamination; Toluene

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ETHYLBENZENE; FORESTRY; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; OIL TANKS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BTEX; CONTAMINATED SITES; DIESEL RANGE ORGANICS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; ORGANICS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POPLAR TREES; SOIL CONTAMINATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; METHANE; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; TOLUENE; XYLENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYBRID; OIL INDUSTRY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POPLAR TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL POLLUTION; TREE; WATER CONTAMINATION; ASPEN; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL POLLUTANT; TIME; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

POPULUS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PETROLEUM; PLANT ROOTS; POPULUS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 67649553029     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X357011     Document Type: Article

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