Contaminant transport through a soil liner underlain by an unsaturated stone collection layer

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 416-430

  Badv, K ^a   Rowe, R Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collection system; Diffusion; Dispersion; Landfill; Soil liner; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION SYSTEMS; LANDFILL; LININGS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOILS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMPURITIES; LAND FILL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; SODIUM; VELOCITY;

CHLORIDE; COLLECTION SYSTEM; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER VELOCITY; ONE DIMENSIONAL ADVECTIVE DIFFUSIVE DISPERSIVE THEORY; SOIL LINER; UNSATURATED FLOW; UNSATURATED STONE COLLECTION LAYER;

CLAY;

EID: 0030153196     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-063     Document Type: Article

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