The log-normal distribution for hydraulic conductivity of compacted clays: Two or three parameters?

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1149-1162

  Zhai, Huaming ^a,b   Benson, Craig H ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b Vinya Capital LP   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay liner; Hydraulic conductivity; Hypothesis test; Landfill; Lognormal distribution; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL LININGS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CLAY LINER; COMPACTED CLAYS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLAY;

CLAY LINER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDFILL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 33748374722     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-005-1135-9     Document Type: Article

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