Advanced in situ spectroscopic techniques and their applications in environmental biogeochemistry: Introduction to the special section

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 659-666

  Lombi, Enzo ^a,b   Hettiarachchi, Ganga M ^c   Scheckel, Kirk G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CRC CARE   (Australia)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; DATA GAP; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; GAS INTERFACE; IN-SITU; IN-SITU SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; NEW MATERIAL; SPECIAL SECTIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; SYNCHROTRON BASED TECHNIQUES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; PHASE INTERFACES; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 79956115049     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0542     Document Type: Article

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