Characteristics of wastes, leachate, and gas at landfills operated in arid climate

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-102

  Al Yaqout, A F ^a   Hamoda, M F ^a   Zafar, M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Kuwait; Landfills; Leachates; Solid wastes

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOLID WASTES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

DISPOSAL CONTAINERS; LANDFILL SITES; LEACHATE;

LAND FILL;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; LANDFILL;

EID: 15844395307     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2005)9:2(97)     Document Type: Article

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