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Documents available from the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE)

    Ankeny, M. D., L. M. Coons, N. Majumdar, J. Kelsey, and M. Miller. 1997. Performance and Cost Considerations for Landfill Caps in Semi-Arid Climates. In: Reynolds, T. D., and R. C. Morris (eds.), Landfill Capping in the Semi-Arid West: Problems, Perspectives, and Solutions, Environmental Science and Research Foundation, Idaho Falls, ID.

    Downey, D. and J. Hicks. 2003. Impact of Landfill Closure Designs on Long-Term Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons". Proc. 2003 AFCEE Technology Transfer Workshop" 25 Feb. 03, San Antonio, Texas

    ESTCP. 2002. Impact of Landfill Closure Designs on Long-Term Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons. Prepared by Parsons Engineering for Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, Arlington, VA, Final, March 2002. (available at: http://www.estcp.org/index.cfm)

    Fayer, M. J. (2000). UNSAT-H version 3.0: Unsaturated soil water and heat flow model - Theory, User Manual and Examples. PNNL-13249, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352.

    Gee, G. W., and A. L. Ward. 1997. Still in Quest of the Perfect Cap. In: Reynolds, T. D., and R. C. Morris (eds.), Landfill Capping in the Semi-Arid West: Problems, Perspectives, and Solutions, Environmental Science and Research Foundation, Idaho Falls, ID.

    Hauser, V. L. 2003. Alternative Landfill Remediation - Ready for Air Force Use. Proceedings, 2003 AFCEE Technology Transfer Workshop, 25 February 03

    Hauser, V. L., B. L. Weand, and M. D. Gill. 2001. Natural Covers for Landfills and buried Waste. Am. Society of Civil Engineers, J. Environmental Engineering, vol. 127, no. 9: 768-775

    Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council Alternative Landfill Technologies Team 2003. "Technical and Regulatory Guidance for Design, Installation, and Monitoring of Alternative Final Landfill Covers (ALT-2)". (Download Document.)

    Koerner, R. M. and D. E. Daniel. 1997. Final covers for solid waste landfills and abandoned dumps. ASCE Press, Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers, Reston VA.

    Melchior, 5. (1997). "In situ studies on the performance of landfill caps. Proc. IntL Containment Technology Conference, St. Petersburg, FL. 365-373.

    Mitchell, G., R. H. Griggs, V. Benson and J. Williams. 1998. The EPIC Model, Environmental Policy Integrated Climate formerly Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator. Manual, Texas Ag. Exp. Sta. and U.S. Dept. of Agric. Agricultural Research Service, 808 East Blackland Road, Temple, TX. 76502.

    Reinhart, D. R., and T. G. Townsend. 1998. Landfill Bioreactor Design & Operation. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.

    Stormont, J. C. 1997. Incorporating Capillary Barriers in Surface Cover Systems. In: Reynolds, T. D., and R. C. Morris (eds.), Landfill Capping in the Semi-Arid West: Problems, Perspectives, and Solutions, Environmental Science and Research Foundation, Idaho Falls, ID.

    Suter, G. W., Luxmoore, R. J., and Smith, E.D. (1993). "Compacted soil barriers at abandoned landfill sites are likely to fail in the long term". J. Environ. Qual, 22(2), 217-226.

    Schroeder, P. R., T. S. Dozier, P. A. Zappi, B. M. McEnroe, J. W. Sjostrom, and R. L. Peyton. 1994a. The Hydrologic Evaluation Of Landfill Performance (HELP) Model: User's Guide for Version 3. EPA/600/R-94/168a, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH.

    Schroeder, P. R., T. S. Dozier, P. A. Zappi, B. M. McEnroe, J. W. Sjostrom, and R. L. Peyton. 1994b. The Hydrologic Evaluation Of Landfill Performance (HELP) Model: Engineering Documentation for Version 3. EPA/600/R-94/168b, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH.

    Sharpley, A. N. and J. R. Williams ed's. 1990. EPIC--Erosion/Productivity Impact Calculator: 1. Model Documentation. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No. 1768. 235 pp.

    U.S. EPA. 2003. Evapotranspiration Landfill Cover Systems Fact Sheet (EPA 542-F-03-015)

    Vogel, T., K. Huang, R. Zhang, and M. T van Genuchten. (1996). The HYDRUS code for simulating one-dimensional water flow, solute transport and heat movement in variably-saturated media. Research Report No. 140, U. S. Salinity Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Riverside, CA.

    Watts, D. G., N. R. Fausey and D. A. Bucks. (1999). Root Zone Water Quality Model. Agron. Jour. 91: 169-170.

    Williams, J. R., P. T. Dyke, W.W. Fuchs, V. W. Benson, O. W. Rice and E. D. Taylor. 1990. EPIC--Erosion/Productivity Impact Calculator: 2 User Manual. A. N. Sharpley and J. R. Williams, ed's. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No. 1768. 127 pp.


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