A laboratory study of landfill-leachate transport in soils

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2035-2042

  Islam, Jahangir ^a,b   Singhal, Naresh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b OPUS INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Gas flow; Landfill leachate; Metal precipitation; Permeability reduction

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; METHANE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDUCTION; SOILS;

ANAEROBIC GAS FORMATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOACCUMULATION; LANDFILL-LEACHATE TRANSPORT;

LAND FILL;

ACETIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; INORGANIC ACID; IRON; MANGANESE; METHANE; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOW KINETICS; GAS ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SOIL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1942486243     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.01.024     Document Type: Article

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