Soil Washing Enhanced by Humic Substances and Biodegradable Chelating Agents

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 599-613

  Hartley, Neil R ^a   Tsang, Daniel C W ^a,b   Olds, William E ^a,c   Weber, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Solid Energy New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

EDDS; GLDA; humic substances; metal contamination; soil remediation

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; COPPER OXIDES; HEALTH RISKS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; METALS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WASHING; WATER ANALYSIS;

EDDS; GLDA; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; METAL CONTAMINATION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 84893583894     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2014.852511     Document Type: Article

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