In situ site assessment: A short overview and description of the field-portable XRF and its application

Land Contamination and Reclamation

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 431-442

  Sarkadi, Adrienn ^a   Vaszita, Emese ^b   Tolner, Mária ^b   Gruiz, Katalin ^b  

^a CASON Engineering Plc   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Efficient environmental management; In situ decision making; In situ soil analysis; Metal content of soil and solid waste; Pollution delineation and mapping

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOLID WASTE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77955153551     PISSN: 09670513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2462/09670513.981     Document Type: Article

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