Modeling leachate contamination and remediation of groundwater at a landfill site

Water Resources Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-132

  Tsanis, I K ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chloride loading; Groundwater modelling; Landfill; Leachate contamination; Remediation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; REMEDIATION;

CHLORIDE LOADING; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; LEACHATE CONTAMINATION;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; REMEDIATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION;

EID: 32044437610     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-4634-4     Document Type: Article

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