Methane emission from a landfill and the methane oxidising capacity of its covering soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 1397-1405

  Boeckx, Pascal ^a   Van Cleemput, Oswald ^a   Villaralvo, Ida ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; LANDFILL; METHANE EMISSION; METHANE OXIDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030251124     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00147-2     Document Type: Article

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