Applicability of time domain reflectometry water content measurements in municipal solid waste

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 160-171

  Staub, Matthias J ^a,b   Laurent, Jean Paul ^a   Gourc, Jean Pierre ^a   Morra, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DENSITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77349116401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2009.0046     Document Type: Article

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