Impact of chemically amended pig slurry on greenhouse gas emissions, soil properties and leachate

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 690-698

  O' Flynn, Cornelius J ^a   Healy, Mark G ^a   Lanigan, Gary J ^b   Troy, Shane M ^c   Somers, Cathal ^b   Fenton, Owen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nitrate; P sorbing amendments; Pig slurry; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISTILLED WATER; FERRIC CHLORIDE; IRON; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; POLYMER; RUNOFF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEACHATE; LEACHING; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; PIG; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RUNOFF; SLURRY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SORPTION;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCUBATION TIME; LAND BIOME; LEACHING; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PIG SLURRY; RECYCLING; SOIL; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SWINE;

EID: 84880389883     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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