Investigating landfill-impacted groundwater seepage into headwater streams using stable carbon isotopes

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1915-1926

  Atekwana, E A ^a   Krishnamurthy, R V ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Groundwater; Landfill; Seepage; Streams; Tracers

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LAND FILL; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEEPAGE; STREAM FLOW;

GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE; MUNICIPAL LANDFILL;

HYDROLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; SEEPAGE; TRACER;

EID: 3242691670     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1457     Document Type: Article

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