Can soil gas profiles be used to assess microbial CH4 oxidation in landfill covers?

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 987-994

  Gebert, Julia ^a   Röwer, Inga Ute ^a   Scharff, Heijo ^c   Roncato, Camila D L ^b   Cabral, Alexandre R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c NV Afvalzorg ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; COVER SOIL; LABORATORY COLUMNS; LANDFILL COVERS; LANDFILL GAS; MASS BALANCE; METHANE OXIDATION; OXIDATION EFFICIENCY; OXIDATION PROCESS; OXIDATION RATES; PROFILE DATA; SIMPLE METHOD; SOIL GAS; TOTAL OXIDATION;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; EXPERIMENTS; METHANE; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LAND FILL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUID COMPOSITION; LANDFILL; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL GAS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAND USE; LANDFILL; OXIDATION KINETICS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POROSITY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER;

EID: 79952703932     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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