Performance of a phytocapped landfill in a semi-arid climate

Technologies and Management for Sustainable Biosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 195-208

  Venkatraman, Kartik ^a   Ashwath, Nanjappa ^a   Su, Ninghu ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

HYDRUS 1D; Landfill; Methane; Percolation; Phytocap; Water balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895300266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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