Effect of sewage sludge on metal content of grassland soil and herbage in semiarid lands

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-187

  Arvas, Ösmetullah ^a   Keskin, Bilal ^a   Yilmaz, Ibrahim Hakki ^a  

^a IGDIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Organic matter; Sewage sludge; Subirrigated pasture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FERTILIZERS; HEAVY METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS;

CU CONCENTRATIONS; DIETHYLENE TRIAMINE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; PB CONCENTRATION; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; SUBIRRIGATED PASTURE;

SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DTPA; GRASSLAND SOIL; HEAVY METAL; HERB; ORGANIC MATTER; PASTURE; SEMIARID REGION; SEWAGE; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL;

EID: 84875726937     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-1203-3     Document Type: Article

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