Characterization of an unregulated landfill using surface-based geophysics and geostatistics

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 966-974

  Woldt, Wayne E ^a   Hagemeister, Michael E ^b   Jones, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Terracon Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; HAZARDS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SURFACE-BASED GEOPHYSICS/GEOSTATISTICS; UNREGULATED LANDFILL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GEOPHYSICS; GEOSTATISTICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDFILL; LEACHATE;

EID: 0032211957     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb02103.x     Document Type: Article

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