Heavy metal contamination of soil beneath a waste disposal site at Dengkil, Selangor, Malaysia

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 449-466

  Bahaa Eldin, E A R ^a   Yusoff, I ^a   Rahim, S Abdul ^b   Wan Zuhairi, W Y ^b   Abdul Ghani, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Groundwater; Heavy metals; Landfill; Leachate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMICALS; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; LEACHING; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL IONS; METALS; NICKEL; POLLUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SOLID WASTES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZINC;

CHEMICAL-; CONTAMINANT DISPERSIONS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DISPOSAL SITES; DOWNSLOPE; DUMPING SITES; FORMATION PERMEABILITY; GROUND WATER FLUCTUATIONS; H IGH CONCENTRATIONS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS; HEAVY- METAL CONTAMINATION; IN CONCENTRATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MALAYSIA; SHALLOW GROUND WATER; SITE OBSERVATIONS; SOIL ENVIRONMENTS; SOIL HORIZONS; SOIL SAMPLES; SURFACE SOILING; VERTICAL INFILTRATION; VERTICAL MOVEMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL SITES; WASTE FACILITIES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 50149090248     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380802304342     Document Type: Article

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