Biological degradation of explosives

Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 111-132

  Major, Michael A ^a  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage equations; Dupuit Forchheimer theory; Flat land; Interceptor drains; Potential flow theory; Sloping land; Soil drainage; Steady state drainage; Wells

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102610216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr37.c6     Document Type: Chapter

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