Extreme compaction effects on gas transport parameters and estimated climate gas exchange for a landfill final cover soil

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 653-662

  Hamamoto, Shoichiro ^a   Moldrup, Per ^b   Kawamoto, Ken ^a   Wickramarachchi, Praneeth Nishadi ^a   Nagamori, Masanao ^c   Komatsu, Toshiko ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Center for Environmental Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coverings; Gas; Landfills; Methane; Parameters

Indexed keywords

AIR-FILLED PORES; ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; COMPACTED SOIL; COMPACTION EFFECT; COVER SOIL; DRY DENSITY; FIRST-ORDER; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS TRANSPORT; GREENHOUSE WARMING; LANDFILL COVERS; LANDFILL SITE; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MEASURED DATA; METHANE GAS; METHANE OXIDATION RATES; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL RESULTS; PARAMETERS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SOIL GAS; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER RETENTION; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS;

AIR PERMEABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPACTION; DIFFUSION; GASES; LAND FILL; METHANE; OXIDATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GAS TRANSPORT; LANDFILL; METHANE; OXIDATION; SOIL COVER; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 79960075221     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000459     Document Type: Article

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