The geochemical engineering of landfill liners for active containment

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 157, Issue , 1999, Pages 143-157

  Thornton, S F ^a   Bright, M I ^b   Lerner, D N ^a   Tellam, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINMENT BARRIER; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; LANDFILL LINER;

EID: 0033385020     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.157.01.11     Document Type: Article

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