Environmental Research Journal

Year: 2012
Volume: 6
Issue: 3
Page No. 182 - 186

Assessment of Gases Emission from the Operation of the Semi-Aerobic Landfill Site by Solid Waste of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Authors : Rohini Prasad Devkota, Geoff Cockfield, Tek Narayan Maraseni, Rabi Bhattarai and Bhupendra Devkota

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