Overview of in situ and ex situ remediation technologies for PCB-contaminated soils and sediments and obstacles for full-scale application

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 445-446, Issue , 2013, Pages 237-260

  Gomes, Helena I ^a,b   Dias Ferreira, Celia ^b   Ribeiro, Alexandra B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Contaminated soils and sediments; Ex situ; In situ; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB); Remediation technologies

Indexed keywords

COMBINED TECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; EX SITU; FULL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; PCB CONTAMINATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; SITU AND EX SITU REMEDIATION; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; THERMAL METHODS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SITE SELECTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TECHNOLOGY;

REMEDIATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ATTENUATION; DECHLORINATION; DECOMPOSITION; DESORPTION; DISPERSION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; INCINERATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLVENT EFFECT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL;

EID: 84872692934     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.098     Document Type: Review

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