Improving soil quality by adding modified ash

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 297-305

  Ciocinta, Ramona Carla ^a   Harja, Maria ^b   Bucur, Daniel ^a   Rusu, Lacramioara ^c   Barbuta, Marinela ^b   Munteanu, Corneliu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^b GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^c VASILE ALECSANDRI UNIVERSITY OF BACAU   (Romania)

Author keywords

Characterization; Fly ash; Soil; Synthesis; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862503340     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2012.038     Document Type: Article

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