Phytocapping: An alternative technique to reduce leachate and methane generation from municipal landfills

Environmentalist

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-164

  Venkatraman, Kartik ^a   Ashwath, Nanjappa ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leachate; Leaf area index; Methane; Native specie; Phytocapping; Rainfall interception; Sap flow; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

LANDFILL; LEACHATE; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCOLATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; REFUSE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET; INTERCEPTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; NATIVE SPECIES; SAP FLOW; SOIL COVER; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 34250751799     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9014-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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