Methane flux and oxidation at two types of intermediate landfill covers

Waste Management

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1305-1312

  Abichou, Tarek ^a   Chanton, Jeffery ^b   Powelson, David ^b   Fleiger, Jill ^b   Escoriaza, Sharon ^a   Lei, Yuan ^a   Stern, Jennifer ^b  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC MEANS; EMISSION PATTERNS; FLUX EMISSIONS; HIGH EMISSION ZONES;

ISOTOPES; LAND FILL; METHANE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

METHANE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; ISOTOPES; LAND FILL; METHANE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION;

EMISSION; LANDFILL; METHANE; OXIDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; COMPOST; GAS ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; VOLATILIZATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748559825     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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