The fate and transport of RDX, HMX, TNT and DNT in the volcanic soils of Hawaii: A laboratory and modeling study

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 185, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1600-1604

  Alavi, Ghasem ^a   Chung, Mel ^b   Lichwa, Joseph ^b   D'Alessio, Matteo ^a   Ray, Chittaranjan ^a,c  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^b Community Planning and Engineering Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

DNT; HMX; RDX; TNT; Volcanic soil

Indexed keywords

ADSORBABILITIES; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DNT; EFFECT OF IONIC STRENGTH; EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS; FATE AND TRANSPORT; HALF LIVES; HAWAII , USA; MILITARY TRAINING AREAS; MODELING STUDIES; PACKED COLUMN; PH RANGE; RDX; SIMULATION RESULT; SOIL PROFILES; TNT; TRANSPORT MODELS; VOLCANIC SOILS;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IONIC STRENGTH; LEACHING; ORGANIC CARBON; PH EFFECTS; SOILS; VOLCANOES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

1,3,5,7 TETRAHYDRO 1,3,5,7 TETRANITROTETRAZOCINE; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; CYCLONITE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GROUND WATER; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CARBON; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPLOSIVE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HALF LIFE; LABORATORY METHOD; LAVA; MILITARY LAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL PROFILE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VOLCANIC SOIL; WATER FLOW;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; IONIC STRENGTH; PH; SOIL; SOIL DEGRADATION; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VOLCANIC ASH; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

HALF-LIFE; HAWAII; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649923748     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.10.039     Document Type: Article

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