Tire-reinforced earthfill. Part 3: Environmental assessment

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-131

  O'Shaughnessy, Vince ^a,b   Garga, Vinod K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Inter Tech Engineering Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field investigation; Laboratory lysimeter tests; Tire chips; Water quality; Whole scrap tires

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; LYSIMETERS; POTABLE WATER; REINFORCEMENT; SOILS; STANDARDS; TIRES; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER QUALITY;

TIRE CHIPS; TIRE REINFORCED EARTHFILL; WHOLE SCRAP TIRE;

LAND FILL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILL; LEACHING; RECYCLING; REINFORCED EARTH; RETAINING WALL; TIRE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0034021125     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t99-086     Document Type: Article

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