Increase of vulnerability of karst aquifers due to leakage from landfills

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 901-912

  Kogovšek, Janja ^a   Petrič, Metka ^a  

^a KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Increased vulnerability; Karst aquifer; Landfill; Slovenia; Tracer test

Indexed keywords

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; GROUNDWATER QUALITY MONITORING; INCREASED VULNERABILITY; KARST AQUIFER; LIMESTONE DISSOLUTION; LONG TERM MONITORING; SLOVENIA; TRACER TESTS;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; LAND FILL; LANDFORMS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CORRELATION; DISSOLUTION; INORGANIC ACID; KARST HYDROLOGY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; LEAKAGE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; VADOSE ZONE; WATER POLLUTION;

POSTOJNA CAVE; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84883450398     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2180-3     Document Type: Article

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