Principles of Contaminant Transport in Soils

by B.P. Warkentin, Raymond N. Yong, A.M.O. Mohamed, et al.

In landfilling technology, it is accepted that the soil substrate underlying the landfill can be used as a physical and chemical buffer (i.e. to accumulate and attenuate contaminant leachates emanating from the waste pile) . This places a great responsiblity on the landfill constructor to determine correctly the capability of the soil substrate to perform its buffering funtions. This book covers the physico-chemical processes which control the transport...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444882936
• ISBN13: 9780444882936
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company
• Length: 342 Pages