Methane oxidation at a surface-sealed boreal landfill

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2105-2120

  Einola, Juha ^a   Sormunen, Kai ^a   Lensu, Anssi ^a   Leiskallio, Antti ^b   Ettala, Matti ^c   Rintala, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Päijät Häme Waste Disposal Ltd   (Finland)

^c Matti Ettala Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVER SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN UNIONS; GAS DISTRIBUTIONS; GAS WELLS; HIGH IMPACTS; LANDFILL DIRECTIVES; LANDFILL GAS; MEASUREMENT TIME; MEASURING POINTS; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANE FLUXES; METHANE OXIDATIONS; MULTI LAYERS; SOIL COVERS; TOP SOILS; WATER IMPERMEABLE;

GAS EMISSIONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METHANE; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OXIDATION; PIPE; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER TREATMENT;

LAND FILL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; OXYGEN; PEAT;

EMISSION CONTROL; EUROPEAN UNION; GAS WELL; INSTALLATION; LANDFILL; METHANE; OXIDATION; PIPE; TOPSOIL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPOST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS FLOW; LANDFILL; METEOROLOGY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOIL ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67349283016     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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