Phytoremediation: Transformation and Control of ContaminantsPhytormediation is an exciting new method for controlling and cleaning up hazardous wastes using green plants. This book is the first to compile the state of the science and engineering arts in this rapidly advancing field. Phytormediation:
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... aquifers ( using deep planting , planting trees in shallow wells , infiltration control , and root training ) and control ... aquifer and contaminant control . ( b ) Field pilots : Eucalyptus spp . and salt cedar ( Tamarix spp . ) [ As ] ...
... aquifers ( using deep planting , planting trees in shallow wells , infiltration control , and root training ) and control ... aquifer and contaminant control . ( b ) Field pilots : Eucalyptus spp . and salt cedar ( Tamarix spp . ) [ As ] ...
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... aquifer to be " tight " or of limited porosity . If the plume is captured , no contaminants move off - site . If the plume extends over the depth of an aquifer that flows in the general case of a Dupuit- Forchheimer flow ( Landmeyer ...
... aquifer to be " tight " or of limited porosity . If the plume is captured , no contaminants move off - site . If the plume extends over the depth of an aquifer that flows in the general case of a Dupuit- Forchheimer flow ( Landmeyer ...
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... aquifer , and root training by deep irrigation or chemical means are critical design issues . Ferro et al . ( 2001 ) , Hong et al . ( 2001 ) , Land- meyer ( 2001 ) and show excavated poplar ( Populus spp . ) root systems with ...
... aquifer , and root training by deep irrigation or chemical means are critical design issues . Ferro et al . ( 2001 ) , Hong et al . ( 2001 ) , Land- meyer ( 2001 ) and show excavated poplar ( Populus spp . ) root systems with ...
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... aquifer , but only for about 4 to 6 months of the year , depending on the location . Thus , the best expected phytoremediation performance ( where the trees have canopied and are rooted in a shallow groundwater table ) is 4.5 liters per ...
... aquifer , but only for about 4 to 6 months of the year , depending on the location . Thus , the best expected phytoremediation performance ( where the trees have canopied and are rooted in a shallow groundwater table ) is 4.5 liters per ...
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... aquifer with trees : a controlled field study . Environ . Sci . Technol . 33 ( 13 ) : 2257–2265 . Nicks , L.J. and M.F. Chambers ( 1995 ) Farming for metals . Mining Environ . Manage . 3 : 15-18 . Nicks , L.J. and M.F. Chambers ( 1998 ) ...
... aquifer with trees : a controlled field study . Environ . Sci . Technol . 33 ( 13 ) : 2257–2265 . Nicks , L.J. and M.F. Chambers ( 1995 ) Farming for metals . Mining Environ . Manage . 3 : 15-18 . Nicks , L.J. and M.F. Chambers ( 1998 ) ...
Contents
FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYTOTRANSFORMATION AND CONTROL OF CONTAMINANTS | 121 |
SCIENCE AND PRACTICE FOR AROMATIC PHENOLIC AND HYDROCARBON CONTAMINANTS | 283 |
TRANSFORMATION AND CONTROL OF EXPLOSIVES | 387 |
FATE AND CONTROL OF CHLORINATED SOLVENTS AND OTHER HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS | 497 |
MODELING DESIGN AND FIELD PILOT TESTING | 661 |
LATEST ADVANCES | 763 |
Index of Names of Plants | 925 |
Index | 939 |
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Phytoremediation: Transformation and Control of Contaminants Steven C. McCutcheon,Jerald L. Schnoor No preview available - 2004 |
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acid aquifer Army Ammunition Plant aromatic biodegradation biomass bioremediation bound residues Burken carbon centimeters chemicals chlorinated concentration conjugation contaminated soil cyanide degradation Environ enzymes evaluation evapotranspiration explosives feather Myriophyllum aquaticum Figure grams groundwater growing season growth herbicides hybrid poplar Populus hydraulic hydrocarbons hydroponic irrigation kilogram McCutcheon metabolism metabolites meters methyl bromide microbial microorganisms milligrams milligrams of TNT milligrams per liter MTBE Myriophyllum aquaticum nigra nitrogen dioxide nutrient Nzengung organic compounds oxidative PAHs parrot feather Myriophyllum pathway PCBs percent perchlorate phytoremediation phytotransformation plant species plant tissue plantation plume pollutants poplar Populus spp Populus deltoides Populus trichocarpa potential reactors reduced remediation rhizodegradation rhizosphere samples Schnoor sediments solution studies surface Technology tests tion TNT per liter toxic transformation transpiration treatment treatment wetlands trees trichloroethylene trinitrotoluene U.S. Environmental Protection U.S. EPA uptake vegetation volatile wastewater wetland willow Salix spp xenobiotic