Beneficial effects of oxygen addition and hybrid poplar phytoremediation of petroleum-contaminated soils

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1492-1503

  El Gendy, Ahmed S ^a   Espina, Africa A ^b   Chapman, Brad ^c   Schnoor, Jerald L ^d  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b STANLEY CONSULTANTS INC   (United States)

^c Chapman Lewis Environmental Services Inc   (United States)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Phytoremediation; Poplar Trees; soil gases; TPHs contaminated soil

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR FLOW-RATE; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; EFFECT OF OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; FIVE-PORT; FLOWTHROUGH; HYBRID POPLAR; LABORATORY SCALE; OXYGEN ADDITION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED SOIL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POPLAR TREES; POPULUS DELTOIDES; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL GAS; TOP SOILS;

AIR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; EXPERIMENTS; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBON; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AIRFLOW; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ASPEN; EXPERIMENTATION; FLOW RATE; GAS; HYBRID; LABORATORY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT ROOT; SAMPLING; SOIL; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; TREE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM; POPULUS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 77955575018     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2010.506095     Document Type: Article

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