Transformation and fate of polychlorinated biphenyls in soil and sediment

Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 213-237

  Hickey, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection dispersion equation; Hydrodynamic dispersion; Ionic diffusion; Linear adsorption; Mass balance formulation; Mechanical dispersion; Nonlinear adsorption; Reactive solutes; Solute transport

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EID: 85102609337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr37.c9     Document Type: Chapter

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