Landfill temperatures under variable decomposition conditions

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 211 GSP, 2011, Pages 1055-1065

  Yesiller N ^a   Hanson, J L ^a   Yoshida, H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Landfills; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC REGIONS; DETROIT; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GAS VENTS; HEAT PRODUCTION; HEATING EFFECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOKKAIDO; LEACHATE LEVELS; LEACHATES; MICHIGAN; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SHALLOW DEPTHS; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HEATING; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; WASTES;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 79956358981     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41165(397)108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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