Migration behavior of landfill leachate contaminants through alternative composite liners

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3183-3196

  Varank, Gamze ^a   Demir, Ahmet ^a   Top, Selin ^a   Sekman, Elif ^a   Akkaya, Ebru ^a   Yetilmezsoy, Kaan ^a   Bilgili, M Sinan ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Contaminant transport; Heavy metals; Landfill leachate; Phenolic compounds; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

2 ,4-DCP; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR LANDFILL; COMPACTED CLAY LINER; COMPOSITE LINER; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; ISTANBUL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LANDFILL LINER; LANDFILL LINER SYSTEM; LEACHATE RECIRCULATION; LEACHATES; MONITOR AND CONTROL; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PILOT SCALE; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS; ZEOLITE MATERIALS;

ALKALINITY; BENTONITE; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; GEOMEMBRANES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMPURITIES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; LEAD; LEAD COMPOUNDS; METALS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHENOLS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

2 CHLOROPHENOL; 2 NITROPHENOL; 2,3,4,6 TETRACHLOROPHENOL; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4 DINITROPHENOL; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,6 DICHLOROPHENOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; BENTONITE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; META CRESOL; NICKEL; NITROGEN; ORTHO CRESOL; PARA CRESOL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEOLITE; ZINC;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; COMPOSITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PH; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORIDES; CHLOROPHENOLS; CRESOLS; FRESH WATER; KINETICS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; NITROPHENOLS; PHENOLS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 79958807378     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.044     Document Type: Article

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