Finger printing of mixed contaminants from former manufactured gas plant (MGP) site soils: Implications to bioremediation

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 184-189

  Thavamani, Palanisami ^a,b   Megharaj, Mallavarapu ^a,b   Krishnamurti, G S R ^a,b   McFarland, Ross ^c   Naidu, Ravi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CRC CARE Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment   (Australia)

^c AECOM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Heavy metals; MGP site; Mixed contamination; PAHs; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; LAND RECLAMATION; METAL IONS; METALS; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOILS; ZINC;

CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; ELEMENTAL CHEMISTRIES; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; MANUFACTURED GAS PLANTS; METAL BIOAVAILABILITY; MGP SITE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SPECIATION;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); THERMODYNAMICS; TOXICITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78349307434     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.08.017     Document Type: Article

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