Design of compacted lateritic soil liners and covers

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-213

  Osinubi, Kolawole J ^a   Nwaiwu, Charles M O ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Compacted soils; Laboratory tests; Liners; Moisture; Soil sampling; Tropical soils; Water content

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE; PLASTICITY; SAMPLING; SHRINKAGE; SOIL TESTING; STRAIN;

COMPACTED SOILS; LABORATORY TESTS; LATERITIC SOIL COVERS; LATERITIC SOIL LINERS; SOIL SAMPLING; TROPICAL SOILS; VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

LANDFILL CAPPING; LANDFILL LINER; LATERITE;

EID: 31044436016     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:2(203)     Document Type: Article

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