Slope failures in municipal solid waste dumps and landfills: A review

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 448-463

  Blight, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flow slides; Municipal solid waste; Slope failures; wmr 1191 2

Indexed keywords

FLOW SLIDES; LARGE-SCALE; LEACHATE RECIRCULATION; LIQUID WASTES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; SHEAR STABILITIES; SLOPE FAILURES; TECHNICAL LITERATURES; WMR 1191-2;

LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; SLOPE STABILITY; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

REFUSE DISPOSAL;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SLOPE FAILURE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DISASTER; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MORTALITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MAURITIUS; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 54049134805     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07087975     Document Type: Review

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