Temporal variability of soil gas composition in landfill covers

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 935-945

  Gebert, Julia ^a   Rachor, Ingke ^a   Gröngröft, Alexander ^a   Pfeiffer, Eva Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; COMPLETE METHANE OXIDATION; CONSTANT CONDITIONS; DRIVING VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS MIGRATION; GAS TRANSPORT; GERMANY; HOTSPOTS; LANDFILL COVERS; LANDFILL GAS; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL COVER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL-GAS COMPOSITION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALES; UNLINED LANDFILLS; UPPER CRUST; WARM CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETERS; LAND FILL; METHANATION; METHANE; OXIDATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

AERATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; FLUID COMPOSITION; GAS TRANSPORT; LANDFILL; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL GAS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AERATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS TRANSPORT; GERMANY; LANDFILL; OXIDATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

GERMANY;

EID: 79952693525     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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