The migration of contaminants through geosynthetic fabric containers utilized in dredging operations

Engineering Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-176

  Moo Young, Horace ^a   Myers, Tommy E ^b   Townsend, Dan ^c   Ochola, Charles ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dredging; Fabric containers; Geosynthetic; Geosynthetics; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; CONTAMINATION; DREDGING; GEOTEXTILES; SEDIMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GEOSYNTHETIC FABRIC CONTAINERS (GFC);

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

DREDGING; GEOSYNTHETICS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032767296     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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