Hydraulic properties of household waste and implications for landfills

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 235-247

  Powrie, W ^a   Ceng, Fice ^a   Beaven, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Landfill; Research and development

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; DOMESTIC WASTE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; MODEL; POROSITY;

BIOREACTORS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

HOUSEHOLD WASTES;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL;

DENSITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LANDFILL; STRESS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033494177     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.1997.137.4.235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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