Release of native and mass labelled PCDD/PCDF from soil heated to simulate bushfires

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 166, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-16

  Black, Robert R ^a   Meyer, Carl P ^b   Yates, Alan ^c   Van Zwieten, Lukas ^d   Chittim, Brock G ^e   Gaus, Caroline ^a   Mueller, Jochen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Industry and Investment NSW   (Australia)

^e Research Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bushfire; Dioxins; Emission factors; Forest fire

Indexed keywords

AIR STREAMS; BUSHFIRE; BUSHFIRES; DIOXINS; EMISSION FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTREME EVENTS; FOREST FIRES; PCDD/PCDFS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

DECHLORINATION; DEFORESTATION;

SOILS;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST FIRE; PCDD; PCDF; SOIL EMISSION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BUSHFIRE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECHLORINATION; FIRE; HEATING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; FIRES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84860496015     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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