Assessment of groundwater contamination by landfill leachate: A case in México

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Reyes López, Jaime A ^a   Ramírez Hernández, Jorge ^a   Lázaro Mancilla, Octavio ^a   Carreón Diazconti, Concepción ^a   Garrido, Miguel Martín Loeches ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC PROSPECTING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SAND;

AQUIFER CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINANT PLUME; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; LANDFILL LEACHATES; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PLUME; SHALLOW WATER; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 47549089644     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.03.024     Document Type: Article

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