The potential of biochar amendments to remediate contaminated soils

Biochar and Soil Biota

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 100-133

  Gomez Eyles, Jose L ^a   Beesley, Luke ^b   Moreno Jimenez, Eduardo ^c   Ghosh, Upal ^a   Sizmur, Tom ^d  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Iowa State University   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b14585     Document Type: Chapter

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