Identification of discharge zones and quantification of contaminant mass discharges into a local stream from a landfill in a heterogeneous geologic setting

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 446-447, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-23

  Milosevic, N ^a   Thomsen, N I ^a   Juhler, R K ^b   Albrechtsen, H J ^a   Bjerg, P L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clay till; Groundwater surface water interaction; Landfill leachate; Mass discharge; Phenoxy acid herbicides; Stream

Indexed keywords

LANDFILL LEACHATES; MASS-DISCHARGE; PHENOXY ACID HERBICIDES; STREAM; WATER INTERACTIONS;

BIODEGRADATION; CLAY DEPOSITS; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PLASMAS; SEEPAGE; SURFACE WATERS; WEED CONTROL;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HERBICIDE; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFLOW; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; LEACHING; MASS TRANSFER; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEEPAGE; STREAM BED; STREAMWATER; WATER POLLUTION; XENOBIOTICS;

DENMARK;

EID: 84861572393     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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