Delineating landfill leachate discharge to an arsenic contaminated waterway

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1525-1537

  Ford, Robert G ^a   Acree, Steven D ^b   Lien, Bob K ^a   Scheckel, Kirk G ^a   Luxton, Todd P ^a   Ross, Randall R ^b   Williams, Aaron G ^a   Clark, Patrick ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Barium; Discharge; Ground water; Landfill leachate; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRON OXIDES; LAKES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SEEPAGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATERS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; HYDROUS FERRIC OXIDES; LANDFILL LEACHATES; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE-WATER CHEMISTRY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; BARIUM; FERRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BARIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCHARGE; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEEPAGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL PERIOD; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; POND; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82455167876     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.09.046     Document Type: Article

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