Two-year performance by evapotranspiration covers for municipal solid waste landfills in northwest Ohio

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2336-2341

  Barnswell, Kristopher D ^a   Dwyer, Daryl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration covers; Municipal solid waste landfills; Native plants percolation; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ANNUAL RATES; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; DREDGED SEDIMENTS; FIRST YEAR; HUMID REGIONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; NATIVE PLANTS; OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE STANDARDS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL WATER STORAGE; WATER BALANCE;

ARID REGIONS; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAND FILL; MIXTURES; RESTORATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLVENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LANDFILL; LYSIMETER; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; OHIO; PLANTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870248598     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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