Impact of chemical amendment of dairy cattle slurry on phosphorus, suspended sediment and metal loss to runoff from a grassland soil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5111-5118

  Brennan, R B ^a   Fenton, O ^b   Grant, J ^b   Healy, M G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chemical amendment; Dairy; Management; Runoff; Slurry

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM OXIDE; ANALYTICAL GRADES; DAIRY CATTLES; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; FERRIC CHLORIDE; GRASSLAND SOILS; LAND APPLICATIONS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL LOSS; PARTICULATE PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL EVENT; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; RUNOFF WATER; TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS; UNREACTIVE PHOSPHORUS;

ALUMINUM; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DAIRIES; DISSOLUTION; MANAGEMENT; PHOSPHORUS; REMEDIATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SLURRIES; SLURRY PIPELINES;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM HYDROXYCHLORIDE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; CALCIUM; FERRIC CHLORIDE; IRON; METAL; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

CATTLE; GRASSLAND SOIL; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SLURRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ARTICLE; DAIRY CATTLE; GRASSLAND; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL AMENDMENT;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CATTLE; CHLORIDES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERTILIZERS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MANURE; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDES; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BOS;

EID: 80053443673     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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