Phytoremediation of mixed contaminated soils - Effects of initial concentrations

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 241 GSP, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Chirakkara, Reshma A ^a   Reddy, Krishna R ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; NAPHTHALENE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; UNCONTAMINATED SOILS;

CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84903303636     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784413432.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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