Environmental problems associated with the development and operation of a lined and unlined landfill site: A case study demonstrating two landfill sites in Patra, Greece

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1251-1258

  Depountis, Nikos ^a   Koukis, George ^a   Sabatakakis, Nikos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contamination; Greece; Landfills; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTES;

CONTAMINATION PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; GREECE; HYDROLOGIC EVALUATIONS; LANDFILL SITES; LANDFILLS; LEACHATE; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REMEDIAL MEASURES; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; UNLINED LANDFILLS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

BOREHOLE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SITE INVESTIGATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACHAEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PATRAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN GREECE;

EID: 58849155184     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1224-1     Document Type: Article

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