Biogeochemical evolution of a landfill leachate plume, Norman, Oklahoma

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 663-687

  Cozzarelli, I M ^a   Bohlke J K ^a   Masoner, J ^a   Breit, G N ^b   Lorah, M M ^a   Tuttle, M L W ^b   Jaeschke, J B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DIFFERENT PROCESS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANT PLUME; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATION; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LEACHATE PLUMES; LEACHATES; METHANE PLUMES; MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NON-VOLATILE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; OKLAHOMA; OXIDATION CAPACITY; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME-SCALES; UPPER BOUNDARY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; REDOX REACTIONS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

GROUND WATER;

AMMONIUM; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BICARBONATE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRON; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; OXIDATION; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER TABLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; OKLAHOMA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORMAN; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052243976     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00792.x     Document Type: Review

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