Spatial variability of soil gas concentration and methane oxidation capacity in landfill covers

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 926-934

  Röwer, Inga Ute ^a   Geck, Christoph ^a   Gebert, Julia ^a   Pfeiffer, Eva Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CAPACITY; AS-SOILS; BULK DENSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS; DESIGN CRITERION; FLOW RESISTANCE; GAS FLOW PATTERNS; GAS MIGRATION; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GERMANY; GROUND LEVEL; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LANDFILL COVERS; LANDFILL METHANE; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE FLUXES; METHANE OXIDATION; METHANOTROPHS; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXIDATION CAPACITY; PH OPTIMA; SOIL GAS CONCENTRATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL-GAS COMPOSITION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL CORRELATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GASES; LAND FILL; METHANATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXIDATION; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

METHANE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

FLOW PATTERN; GAS FLOW; LANDFILL; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXIDATION; SOIL GAS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS FLOW; GERMANY; LANDFILL; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79952695033     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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