Phytoforensics, dendrochemistry, and phytoscreening: New green tools for delineating contaminants from past and present

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 6218-6226

  Burken, Joel G ^a   Vroblesky, Don A ^b   Balouet, Jean Christophe ^c  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Environment International   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DENDROCHEMISTRY; GAIN INFORMATION; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PAST AND PRESENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; GROUND WATER; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOMASS; SAMPLER; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOSPHERE; CUCUMBER; DENDROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MACRONUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOFORENSICS; PHYTOSCREENING; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT TISSUE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SOIL; TREE; VASCULAR PLANT; XYLEM;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS;

EID: 79960948694     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2005286     Document Type: Article

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