Application of the Lugeon test in landfill hydrologic studies

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-136

  Sánchez, Miguel A ^a   Foyo, Alberto ^a   Tomillo, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity of open fractures; Landfill; Lugeon test; Rock mass classification; Spain

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; LAND FILL; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCKS;

BEDROCK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION;

ALAVA; BASQUE COUNTRY; CANTABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MERUELO; OYON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA; ZALLA;

EID: 33845756721     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/12.2.125     Document Type: Article

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