Physical controls on septic leachate movement in the vadose zone at the hillslope scale, Putnam County, New York, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 2559-2575

  Sherlock, Mark D ^a   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^b   Curry, Debra S ^c   Zumbuhl, Albert T ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow pathways; Septic leachate; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMPURITIES; LEACHATE TREATMENT;

HYDROMETRIC DATA;

HYDROLOGY;

HILL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

HILLSLOPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036715209     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1048     Document Type: Article

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