Spatial and temporal migration of a landfill leachate plume in alluvium

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Masoner, Jason R ^a   Cozzarelli, Isabelle M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Groundwater contamination; Landfills; Migration; Plumes; Temporal

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEEPAGE; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; MIGRATION; PLUMES; TEMPORAL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALLUVIUM; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; MINERAL; ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; FLOODPLAIN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLUME; PRECIPITATION; VEGETATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

NORMAN; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922244905     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2261-x     Document Type: Article

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