An extended environmental multimedia modeling system (EEMMS) for landfill case studies

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 336-346

  Chen, Zhi ^a   Yuan, Jing ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Environmental multimedia modeling; Landfill; Numerical analysis; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249117586     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920903347396     Document Type: Article

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