Effects of Grasses on the Remediation of Creosote-Contaminated Surface Soil

A grass phytoremediation field study was initiated in July 1997 at the site of a former railroad tie facility that used creosote for tie preservation. The site is contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). A test matrix consisting of 36 planted (clover, fescue and rye grasses) and...

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Main Author: Crosswell, Scott Brownlee
Other Authors: Environmental Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42643
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-051299-154926/