Instrumentation and monitoring of an engineered soil cover system for mine waste rock

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 828-846

  O'Kane, M ^a   Wilson, G W ^b   Barbour, S L ^b  

^a O'Kane Consultants Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Monitoring; Soil cover; Soil water characteristic curve; Unsaturated soil; Waste rock

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; INFILTRATION; LYSIMETERS; MONITORING; OXYGEN; ROCKS; SOLID WASTES; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

INSTRUMENTATION; SOIL COVER; SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; UNSATURATED SOIL; WASTE ROCK;

SOILS;

INFILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MINE WASTE; MONITORING; SOIL COVER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0032194416     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-051     Document Type: Article

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