Decomposition of specific materials buried within sanitary landfills

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1193-1202

  Baldwin, Timothy D ^a   Stinson, Jeffrey ^b   Ham, Robert K ^c  

^a NC Dept of Envir/Nat Resour   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; LIGNIN; MOISTURE; SOLID WASTES; STARCH; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LAND FILL;

LANDFILL;

EID: 0032462109     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1998)124:12(1193)     Document Type: Article

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