Potential areas for waste disposal in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Geologie

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-152

  Aust, Horst ^a   Kharel, Basu D ^b   Singh, Vinod K ^b   Jäger, Stefan ^c   Jnawali, Barat M ^b   Busch, Klaus ^c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b Department of Mines and Geology ^*  (Nepal)

^c GEOMER GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LANDFILL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

NEPAL;

EID: 0033394348     PISSN: 00442259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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