Phytoremediation of a Petroleum-Hydrocarbon Contaminated Shallow Aquifer in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA

Remediation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 29-46

  Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie ^a   Cook, Rachel L ^b   Landmeyer, James E ^c   Atkinson, Brad ^d   Malone, Donald R ^e   Shaw, George ^f   Woods, Leilani ^f  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources   (United States)

^e ARCADIS US Inc   (United States)

^f Amplified Geochemical Imagining ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84897906360     PISSN: 10515658     EISSN: 15206831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rem.21382     Document Type: Article

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