The effect of variability in hydraulic conductivity on contaminant transport through soil-bentonite cutoff walls

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 951-957

  Britton, Jeremy P ^a   Filz, George M ^b   Little, John C ^b  

^a US Army Corps of Engineers   (United States)

^b Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Contaminants; Core walls; Hydraulic Conductivity; Transport rate

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CORE WALLS; SOIL-BENTONITE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPORT RATE;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CUTOFF WALL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 23144464134     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:8(951)     Document Type: Article

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