Sorption of Mecoprop by two clay landfill liner materials: Oxford Clay and Mercia Mudstone

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-329

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Entec UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION TESTS; HIGH AFFINITY; HIGH IONIC STRENGTH; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON HYDROXIDES; LANDFILL LINER; LANDFILL LINER MATERIALS; LEACHATES; LINER MATERIAL; MATRIX; NATURAL ATTENUATION; OXFORD CLAY; POLAR COMPOUNDS; SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; SORPTION PROCESS; SORPTION TESTS; SYNTHETIC LEACHATE; TANNIC ACID;

CLAY MINERALS; DESORPTION; IONIC STRENGTH; KEROGEN; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

CLAY; CLAY LINER; DESORPTION; HERBICIDE; KEROGEN; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUDSTONE;

EID: 80051824654     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-099     Document Type: Article

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