Research Article

A Study of the Impact of Municipal Solid Waste on Some Soil Physicochemical Properties: The Case of the Landfill of Ain-El-Hammam Municipality, Algeria

Table 2

Granulometric analysis of the landfill soil of A.E.H.

StrataGranulometryTextures
% clay% silt% sand

Stratum 069.44 ± 0.3028.02 ± 0.172.55 ± 0.07Clayey
Stratum 158.71 ± 0.2814.87 ± 0.0626.41 ± 0.32Clayey
Stratum 248.03 ± 0.506.21 ± 0.2345.76 ± 0.69Clayey-sandy
Stratum 343.28 ± 0.164.33 ± 0.0252.39 ± 0.18Clayey-sandy

The depth of each stratum is 25 cm.