Investigations of natural attenuation in groundwater near a landfill and implications for landfill post-closure

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-88

  Hubé, Daniel ^a   Gourcy, Laurence ^a   Gourry, Jean Christophe ^a   Guyonnet, Dominique ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

groundwater; isotopes; Landfill; monitoring; natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; CLOSURE PHASE; ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC DATA; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LANDFILL OPERATORS; LANDFILL SITE; LANDFILL TECHNOLOGIES; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTANT FLUXES; POSSIBLE FUTURES;

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEALTH RISKS; ISOTOPES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; WATER QUALITY;

REFUSE DISPOSAL;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MONITORING; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

FRANCE;

EID: 78651399352     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10388348     Document Type: Article

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