Analysis of procedures for sampling contaminated soil using Gy's Sampling Theory and Practice

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 425, Issue , 2012, Pages 199-207

  Boudreault, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Dubé, Jean Sébastien ^a   Sona, Mirela ^a   Hardy, Éric ^b  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b Groupe Qualitas inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminated soils; Gy's sampling theory; Representativeness; Sampling; Sampling errors

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES; ANALYTICAL ERRORS; CALCULATED VALUES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CRITICAL STEPS; ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIELD SAMPLING; LIBERATION FACTORS; MASS REDUCTION; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; REPRESENTATIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SAMPLING ERRORS; SAMPLING PROCEDURES; SAMPLING THEORY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SAMPLING; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TRACE METAL;

ERRORS; ISOMERS; LEAD; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

REMEDIATION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; ERROR ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRACE METAL;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING ERROR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 84859982172     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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