Geostatistical risk estimation at waste disposal sites in the presence of hot spots

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1185-1190

  Komnitsas, Kostas ^a   Modis, Kostas ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coal wastes; Geostatistics; Hot spots; Risk assessment; Spatial trend

Indexed keywords

COAL WASTES; CONTAMINATED AREAS; DISPOSAL SITES; GAUSSIAN FORMS; GEOSTATISTICAL; GEOSTATISTICS; HAZARDOUS ELEMENTS; HOT SPOTS; MEAN VALUES; NON-GAUSSIAN DATUM; RANDOM FIELDS; RISK ESTIMATIONS; RISK MAPS; RISK THRESHOLDS; SPATIAL TREND; STUDY AREAS; WASTE DISPOSAL SITES;

COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TRELLIS CODES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

COAL MINING; CONTAMINATED LAND; ESTIMATION METHOD; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MINE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIA;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 62649130230     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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