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Missouri University of Science and Technology
Groundwater -- Pollution -- Analysis<br />Soil pollution -- Analysis<br />Explosives -- Environmental aspects -- Testing<br />Plant cells and tissues -- Analysis
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Phytoforensics On Energetics: Novel Plant Tissue Measure Approach And Modeling, Yuan Yuan
Phytoforensics On Energetics: Novel Plant Tissue Measure Approach And Modeling, Yuan Yuan
Doctoral Dissertations
"Explosives and energetics are common soil and groundwater pollutions. This research was to develop novel phytoforensics approaches on energetics. Four different plants species, including woody perennial trees and monocot grasses, were planted both in soil and sand reactors with continuous exposure to a mixture of explosives in the greenhouse. Time dependent assessments were carried out to determine kinetic mechanisms of uptake, transport and accumulation. Plant concentrations were analyzed by both traditional solvent extraction and novel sap analysis methods. A dynamic soil-plant system model was developed to quantify the relationship between tissue concentration and soil pore water concentration for non-volatile organic …