Monitoring an experimental soil waste cover near London, Ontario, Canada

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-84

  Yanful, E K ^a   Simms, P H ^a   Rowe, R K ^a   Stratford, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOILS; WATER;

SOIL COVERS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

INFILTRATION; LANDFILL CAPPING; PERCOLATION; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0032714356     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008986103460     Document Type: Article

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