Migration of landfill leachate into a shallow clayey till in southern New Brunswick: A field and modelling investigation

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 204-219

  Munro, I R P ^a,b   MacQuarrie, K T B ^a   Valsangkar, A J ^a   Kan, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Warwick House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clayey till; Leachate migration; Municipal landfill; Transport modelling

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND FILL; POROUS MATERIALS;

ADVECTION; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA TRANSPORT MODEL; LEACHATE MIGRATION; MECHANICAL DISPERSION; MUNICIPAL LANDFILL; SILTY CLAY TILL;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ADVECTION; DISPERSION; LANDFILL LEACHATE; POROUS MEDIUM; TILL;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK, FREDERICTON;

EID: 0031126381     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-105     Document Type: Article

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