Pattern of methane emission from a garbage dump

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 528-531

  Purkait, N N ^a   Chakrabarty, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Vidya Nagar Society 29/251   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric methane; Emission measurements; Garbage dump; Paddy field

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053602589     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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