Slurry walls for control of contaminant migration a comparison of UK and US practices

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 90, 1999, Pages 105-120

  Evans, Jeffrey C ^a   Dawson, Andrew R ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CEMENTS; IMPURITIES; SLAGS; SOILS;

CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; SLURRY WALLS;

SLURRIES;

EID: 0032654297     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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