Methane oxidation in landfill soils, is a 10% default value reasonable?

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 654-663

  Chanton, Jeffrey P ^a   Powelson, David K ^a   Green, Roger B ^b,c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASTE MANAGEMENT INC   (United States)

^c WASTE MANAGEMENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLES; COLUMN MEASUREMENTS; DEFAULT VALUES; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FLORIDA; IN-SITU; LANDFILL COVERS; MEAN VALUES; METHANE OXIDATION RATES; METHANE OXIDATIONS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; OXIDATION RATES; SANDY MATERIALS; SOIL COVERS; SOIL TYPES; STANDARD ERRORS;

LAND FILL; OXIDATION; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

METHANE;

METHANE;

ARTICLE; CLAY; COMPOST; LANDFILL; OXIDATION; SANDY SOIL; SLUDGE;

METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 63449118467     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0221     Document Type: Article

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