Modelling species fate and porous media effects for landfill leachate flow

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1116-1132

  Cooke, A J ^a   Rowe, R Kerry ^b   Rittmann, B E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Clogging; Landfills; Leachate collection systems; Mineral precipitation; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

LANDFILL LEACHATE FLOW; LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEMS; MINERAL PRECIPITATION;

LAND FILL;

FLUID FLOW; LANDFILL; LEACHATE;

EID: 27744473306     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t05-039     Document Type: Article

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