Characterization of a dismissed landfill via electrical resistivity tomography and mise-à-la-masse method

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  De Carlo, Lorenzo ^a   Perri, Maria Teresa ^b   Caputo, Maria Clementina ^a   Deiana, Rita ^b   Vurro, Michele ^a   Cassiani, Giorgio ^b  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confinement; Electrical methods; Forward modeling; Landfill

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL METHODS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY METHODS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; FORWARD MODELING; MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING; SURROUNDING FORMATIONS; URBAN WASTE DISPOSAL;

ETHYLENE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LAND FILL; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; QUARRIES; URBAN GROWTH;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

ABANDONED LAND; DATA INTERPRETATION; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; LOGISTICS; MONITORING SYSTEM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUARRY; SITE INVESTIGATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

ITALY; PUGLIA;

EID: 84883032415     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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