Degradation of C2-C15 volatile organic compounds in a landfill cover soil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4513-4525

  Tassi, Franco ^a,b   Montegrossi, Giordano ^b   Vaselli, Orlando ^a,b   Liccioli, Caterina ^a   Moretti, Sandro ^a   Nisi, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

GC MS analysis; Landfill; Soil gas; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; BIOGAS EMISSIONS; COVER SOIL; EMISSION RATES; FLORENCE , ITALY; GAS RECOVERY; GC-MS ANALYSIS; HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS; LANDFILL COVERS; LANDFILL SITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; NON-METHANE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS; SOIL GAS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VOCS;

ALDEHYDES; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BIOGAS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GASES; HALOGENATION; KETONES; LAND FILL; METHANE; OLEFINS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARAFFINS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHENOLS; SOILS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WELLS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALDEHYDE; ALKANE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER; HALIDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; KETONE; METHANE; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SULFOXIDE; TERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; CARBON;

BIOGAS; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; LANDFILL; OXIDATION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SOIL COVER; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL GAS; SOIL POLLUTION; TERPENE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WELL;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; GAS ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CARBON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67349270982     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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