Environmental Isotope Characteristics of Landfill Leachates and Gases

Ground Water

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 827-836

  Hackley, K C ^a   Liu, C L ^a   Coleman, D D ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Isotech Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OXYGEN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TRITIUM;

ACETATE; LEACHATES; MICROBIAL METHANE; NUCLEAR DEVICES;

LAND FILL;

EID: 0030241603     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1996.tb02077.x     Document Type: Article

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