Detecting a leachate plume in an aeolian sand landscape using a DUALEM-421 induction probe to measure electrical conductivity followed by inversion modelling

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-366

  Triantafilis, J ^a   Roe, J A E ^a   Monteiro Santos, F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DUALEM 421; Electromagnetic (EM) induction; Laterally constrained EM inversion model; Leachate plume; Municipal landfill; Quaternary aeolian sands

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; HEALTH RISK; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PEDOGENESIS; PERMEABILITY; PLUME; PROBE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUATERNARY; SOIL DEPTH; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 80052027071     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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