Impact of landfill liner time-temperature history on the service life of HDPE geomembranes

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2689-2699

  Rowe, R Kerry ^a   Islam, M Z ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; GEOMEMBRANE LINERS; LANDFILL LINER; LONG TERM MONITORING; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MSW LANDFILLS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; SYNTHETIC LEACHATE; TESTING CONDITIONS; TIME-TEMPERATURE HISTORY;

GEOMEMBRANES; LANDFILL LININGS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; SERVICE LIFE; SOLID WASTES;

REFUSE DISPOSAL;

ANTIOXIDANT; POLYETHYLENE;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT; GEOSYNTHETICS; LANDFILL LINER; MONITORING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LANDFILL; LEACHING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANTIOXIDANTS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68049085590     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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