Inferring the location of preferential flow paths of a leachate plume by using a DUALEM-421 and a quasi-three-dimensional inversion model

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Triantafilis, J ^a   Ribeiro, J ^b   Page, D ^a   Monteiro Santos, F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; HYDROLOGICAL RESOURCES; INVERSION ALGORITHM; MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INSTRUMENTS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FLOW PATTERN; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; PEDOLOGY; PLUME; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; DACEYVILLE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84878162992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0086     Document Type: Article

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