A Laboratory Assessment of Potentials and Limitations of Using EDTA, Rhamnolipids, and Compost-derived Humic Substances (HS) in Enhanced Phytoextraction of Copper and Zinc Polluted Calcareous Soils

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 777-789

  Jensen, Julie K ^a,b   Holm, Peter E ^a   Nejrup, Jens ^b   Borggaard, Ole K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Copenhagen Recycling Center ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

calcareous soils; Heavy metals; humic substances; leaching; phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

BATCH EXTRACTION; BIO-SURFACTANTS; CALCAREOUS SOILS; CHELATING AGENT; COPPER AND ZINC; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; EXTRACTANTS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTED SOILS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; IN-SITU METHODS; LABORATORY ASSESSMENT; METAL LEACHING; MULTI-STEP; NON-TOXIC ALTERNATIVES; NON-TOXIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOEXTRACTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT UPTAKE; RHAMNOLIPIDS;

BIOREMEDIATION; CHELATION; COMPOSTING; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ZINC;

SOILS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84860845347     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2011.609198     Document Type: Article

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