Sand-attapulgite clay mixtures as a landfill liner

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1365-1383

  Al Rawas, Amer A ^a   Mohamedzein, Yahia E A ^a   Al Shabibi, Abdulaziz S ^a   Al Katheiri, Salem ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Ministry of Commerce and Industry   (Oman)

Author keywords

Attapulgite; Hydraulic conductivity; Landfill liners; Shear strength; Swelling

Indexed keywords

CLAY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE; MINERALOGY; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SWELLING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SAND-ATTAPULGITE CLAY MIXTURES; SAND-CLAY MIXTURES;

LANDFILL LININGS;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CLAY SOIL; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL LINER; PALYGORSKITE; SANDY SOIL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASH-SHARQIYAH; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WAHIBA SANDS; ZUFAR;

EID: 33748329394     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-005-2214-7     Document Type: Article

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