Olive mill waste biochar: a promising soil amendment for metal immobilization in contaminated soils

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1444-1456

  Hmid, Amine ^a,b   Al Chami, Ziad ^b   Sillen, Wouter ^c   De Vocht, Alain ^c   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AGRONOMICO MEDITERRANEO   (Italy)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biochar; Biolog ECOplates; Eisenia foetida; Heavy metals; Phaseolus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DICOTYLEDON; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAVY METAL; IMMOBILIZATION; IN SITU TEST; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEGUME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; REMEDIATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

EISENIA FETIDA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

BIOCHAR; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM NITRATE; CHARCOAL; HEAVY METAL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OLIGOCHAETA; OLIVE TREE; PHASEOLUS; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; SOIL POLLUTANT; TIME; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; METALS, HEAVY; NITRATES; OLEA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHASEOLUS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEINS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84943014253     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3467-6     Document Type: Article

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