Quantifying the transport of energetic materials in unsaturated sediments from cracked unexploded ordnance

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2229-2236

  Lewis, Jeffrey ^a   Martel, Richard ^a   Trépanier, Luc ^a   Ampleman, Guy ^b   Thiboutot, Sonia ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSE PROXIMITY; COMPOSITION-B; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; ENERGETIC MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; EXPLOSIVE RESIDUES; FIRST YEAR; GRAIN SIZE; LEACHATES; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; LEACHING TEST; LIVE-FIRE; MILITARY TRAINING AREAS; NEAR-SURFACE; PREFERENTIAL DISSOLUTION; SEDIMENT COLUMN; SOURCE TERMS; UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE; UNSATURATED SANDY SOILS; UNSATURATED SOIL;

CONTAMINATION; CRACK INITIATION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; MORTAR; NITRATION; ORDNANCE; PLASTER; PROJECTILES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EXPLOSIVE; SOIL WATER;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; POLLUTION; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE; WATER CONTENT;

BOMBS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70350741530     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0019     Document Type: Article

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