Attenuation of Landfill Leachate Pollutants in Aquifers

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 119-202

  Christensen, Thomas H ^a   Kjeldsen, Peter ^a   Hans Jørgen, Albrechtsen ^a   Albrechtsen, A ^a   Heron, Gorm ^a   Nielsen, Per H ^a   Bjerg, Poul L ^a   Holm, Peter E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aquifer; complexation; degradation; groundwater pollution; heavy metal; ion exchange; iron reduction; landfill; leachate; microbial; natural remediation; precipitation; redox processes; redox zones; sorption

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ACETONE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROFORM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CRESOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MECOPROP; NAPHTHALENE; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; XYLENE; ZINC;

AQUIFER; ATTENUATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DILUTION; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LANDFILL; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0028306865     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389409388463     Document Type: Article

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