Landfill methane oxidation across climate types in the U.S.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 313-319

  Chanton, Jeffrey ^a   Abichou, Tarek ^b   Langford, Claire ^a   Hater, Gary ^c   Green, Roger ^c   Goldsmith, Doug ^d   Swan, Nathan ^e  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c WASTE MANAGEMENT INC   (United States)

^d Alternative Natural Technologies Inc   (United States)

^e Cygnus Environmental Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; DATA SETS; GAS TRANSPORT; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; LANDFILL COVERS; LANDFILL METHANE; METHANE OXIDATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL COVER; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

ISOTOPES; METHANE; OXIDATION; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LAND FILL;

METHANE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATIC REGION; GAS TRANSPORT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LANDFILL; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; SOIL COVER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; FRACTIONATION; GAS TRANSPORT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; OXIDATION; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650686283     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101915r     Document Type: Article

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