Slag-cement-bentonite slurry walls

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 673-681

  Opdyke, Shana M ^a   Evans, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Bentonite; Containment; Ground water pollution; Hydraulic conductivity; Pollution control; Slag; Slurry walls

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CEMENTS; COMPACTION; CURING; GROUNDWATER; SLAGS; SLURRIES; SOILS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SLURRY WALLS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WASTE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CONTAINMENT BARRIER; SLURRY;

EID: 19844370629     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:6(673)     Document Type: Article

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