Detecting landfill leachate contamination using soil electrical properties

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-11

  Shang, J Q ^a   Rowe, R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Landfills; Leachates; Soil pollution; Solid waste management

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; PERMITTIVITY; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS; SOLUTIONS;

LEACHATE CONTAMINATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; POLLUTION; SOIL;

CLAY SOIL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037226848     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2003)7:1(3)     Document Type: Article

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