Risk assessment using stochastic modeling of pollutant transport in landfill clay liners

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 10-11, 1999, Pages 337-341

  Lo, Irene M C ^a   Law, Wendy K W ^a   Shen, Helen M ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clay liner; Landfill; Monte Carlo simulation; Pollutant migration; Probability; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDFILL LININGS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LANDFILL CLAY LINERS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER;

CLAY LINER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFILL LINER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISPERSION; LANDFILL; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032799070     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00296-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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