Unit weight of municipal solid waste

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1250-1261

  Zekkos, Dimitrios ^a   Bray, Jonathan D ^b   Kavazanjian Jr , Edward ^c   Matasovic, Neven ^a   Rathje, Ellen M ^d   Riemer, Michael F ^b   Stokoe, Kenneth H ^d  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Landfills; Municipal wastes; Waste management; Waste sites; Weight

Indexed keywords

LAND FILL; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; UNIT WEIGHT PROFILE;

SOLID WASTES;

LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT;

DENSITY; STRESS; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT;

EID: 33748795570     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:10(1250)     Document Type: Review

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