Subsurface imaging of an abandoned solid waste landfill site in Norman, Oklahoma

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 62-69

  Zume, Joseph T ^a,b   Tarhule, Aondover ^a,b,c   Christenson, Scott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONDITION MONITORING; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAND FILL; SOLID WASTES;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; LEACHATE PLUME; MULTILEVEL MONITORING WELLS; SUBSURFACE IMAGING;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFERS; CONDITION MONITORING; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAND FILL; SOLID WASTES;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; IMAGING METHOD; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PLUME; SOLID WASTE;

NORMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646677931     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2006.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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