Simultaneous leakage and diffusion of organic pollutants through damaged geomembranes

Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10 - Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG 10

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 297-301

  El Zein, A ^a   Kerry Rowe, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIFFUSION; GEOMEMBRANES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFILL LININGS; LEACHING; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THEOREM PROVING; WATER QUALITY;

ATTENUATION LAYERS; COMPACTED CLAY LINERS; DEFECTIVE PARTS; EQUIVALENT BOUNDARIES; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSES; GROUNDWATER QUALITIES; LEACHATE; SEPARATE EFFECTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 56249106564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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