Lateral chloride migration from a landfill in a fractured clay-rich glacial deposit

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 988-999

  McKay, L D ^a   Balfour, D J ^b   Cherry, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; CLAY; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GLACIERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND FILL; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL PLUMES;

FRACTURED CLAY-RICH GLACIAL DEPOSITS; LATERAL CHLORIDE MIGRATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CHLORIDE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONALITY;

EID: 0032213051     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb02106.x     Document Type: Article

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