Planning, designing, operating, and regulating a geologic sequestration repository as an underground landfill—a review

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1306-1318

  Brown, Christopher J ^a   Poiencot, Brandon ^a   Sornberger, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEOLOGY; WATER WELLS;

FLORIDA , USA; GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATION PROJECT; GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATIONS; LITERATURE SEARCH; OIL/GAS INDUSTRY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; WASTE INDUSTRY; WATER WELL INDUSTRY;

LAND FILL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATION REPOSITORY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANDFILL; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MINIMIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FLORIDA; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; POWER PLANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84455210957     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2011.626888     Document Type: Article

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