Sorption of organic contaminants by Oxford Clay and Mercia Mudstone landfill liners

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-360

  Simoes, A ^a   Stringfellow, A M ^b   Smallman, D ^b   Beaven, R ^b   Marshall, J ^b   Powrie, W ^b   Potter, H A B ^c  

^a Entec UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ORGANIC MATTERS; BATCH TESTS; CLAY LINERS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUND; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LANDFILL LINER; LEACHATES; MAIN COMPONENT; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; OXFORD CLAY; SITE-SPECIFIC; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; SYNTHETIC GROUNDWATER; TRICHLOROBENZENE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMPURITIES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; NAPHTHALENE; PETROGRAPHY; PUBLISHING; ROCKS; SORPTION; STREAM FLOW; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ABSORPTION; CLAY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LANDFILL LINER; LEACHATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SANDSTONE;

EID: 80051812927     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/09-003     Document Type: Article

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