Selection of the appropriate aggregation function for calculating Leachate Pollution Index

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 253-264

  Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Alappat, Babu J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND FILL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; LEACHATE POLLUTION INDEX (LPI); LINEAR SUM AGGREGATION;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

EID: 10344236508     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2004)8:4(253)     Document Type: Article

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