Bioremediation of weathered petroleum hydrocarbon soil contamination in the Canadian High Arctic: Laboratory and field studies

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1121-1126

  Sanscartier, David ^a   Laing, Tamsin ^a   Reimer, Ken ^a   Zeeb, Barbara ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold and dry climate; Contaminated soils; Hydrocarbons; Landfarm; Remediation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSES; HYDROCARBONS; LABORATORIES; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

APPLICATION OF SURFACTANTS; COLD AND DRY CLIMATE; CONTAMINATED SOILS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDIES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LANDFARM; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

BIOREMEDIATION;

FERTILIZER; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CANADA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 70450140425     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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