Migration of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in biosolids-amended soil

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 172, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-130

  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; Soils

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; DRY WEIGHT; FIELD INVESTIGATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SOIL LAYER; SURFACE LAYERS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CARRIER MOBILITY; SOILS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PBDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84866556188     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.07.047     Document Type: Article

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