An exploratory investigation on the mobility of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in biosolid-amended soil

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2297-2309

  Gorgy, Tamer ^a   Li, Loretta Y ^a   Grace, John R ^a   Ikonomou, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Mobility; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Soils

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; DRY WEIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; MEASURE CONCENTRATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SOIL LAYER; SOIL PROFILES; SURFACE SOIL; UNEVEN SURFACES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CARRIER MOBILITY; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SOILS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ION EXCHANGE; PBDE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CATION EXCHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LEACHING; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84862199845     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-1024-1     Document Type: Article

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