Deep soil mixing in the UK: Geoenvironmental research and recent applications

Land Contamination and Reclamation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Al Tabbaa, Abir ^a   Evans, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b May Gurney Geotechnical Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminated land remediation; Reactive barriers; Research and development; Soil mixing; Stabilisation solidification

Indexed keywords

BROWNFIELD SITE; CONTAMINATED LAND; DEEP MIXING METHOD; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; REMEDIATION; SOIL IMPROVEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038081007     PISSN: 09670513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2462/09670513.620     Document Type: Article

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