Attenuation of landfill leachate by clay liner materials in laboratory columns, 1. Experimental procedures and behaviour of organic contaminants

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 198-214

  Bright, Mildred I ^a   Thornton, Steven F ^b   Lerner, David N ^b   Tellam, John H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Clay; Degradation; Groundwater; Landfill; Leachate; Liner; Organic micropollutants; Sorption; UK

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; PESTICIDE;

ATTENUATION; CLAY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; CLAY; DEGRADATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANDFILL; LEACHING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0034038945     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3070.2000.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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