Measurements of soil gas and atmospheric methane content on one active and two inactive landfills in Wood County, Ohio

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-329

  Carman, Richard E ^a   Vincent, Robert K ^b  

^a Clayton Environmental Consultants   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric methane; Landfills; Soil gas

Indexed keywords

LANDFILL; METHANE; SOIL GAS;

EID: 0032426539     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iv.3.317     Document Type: Article

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