Characterization of an old municipal landfill (Grindsted, Denmark) as a groundwater pollution source: Landfill history and leachate composition

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-13

  Kjeldsen, Peter ^a   Grundtvig, Aase ^a   Winther, Pia ^a   Andersen, Jens S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Characterization; Denmark; Landfill; Leachate composition; Leachate sampling; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

SEMIVARIOGRAM MODEL;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AQUIFERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; LAND FILL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HISTORICAL STUDY; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LEACHATES; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERVIEW; LANDFILL; LEACHING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

DENMARK, GRINDSTED;

EID: 0032005958     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9801600102     Document Type: Article

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