The distribution of metals in soils and pore water at three U.S. military training facilities

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 546-563

  Clausen, Jay ^a   Korte, Nic ^b  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b Grand Junction ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antimony; Copper; Lead; Pore water sampling; Soil contamination; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER SURFACE; DISTRIBUTION OF METAL; IMPACTED SOIL; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTENT; MILITARY INSTALLATIONS; MILITARY TRAINING; PHYSICAL SEPARATION; PORE WATERS; PORE-WATER SAMPLING; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; SMALL ARMS FIRING RANGES; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL WATER; SUBSURFACE SOIL; TRAINING RANGE; VADOSE ZONE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ANTIMONY; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAD; LYSIMETERS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MILITARY BASES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SORPTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNDERWATER SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 70449399190     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380903085683     Document Type: Article

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