Electrokinetic dewatering of clay slurries as engineered soil covers

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-86

  Shang, Julie Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Clays; Dewatering; Electro osmosis; Electrokinetics; Soil cover

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEWATERING; DRAINAGE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MINES; OSMOSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

SOIL COVERS;

SLURRIES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; DEWATERING; ELECTROKINESIS; SOIL COVER;

EID: 0031079141     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-083     Document Type: Article

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