Field performance of three compacted clay landfill covers

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1157-1171

  Albright, William H ^a   Benson, Craig H ^b   Gee, Glendon W ^c   Abichou, Tarek ^e   Tyler, Scott W ^d   Rock, Steven A ^f  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY LINER; DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL CAPPING; LYSIMETER; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; WASTE FACILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT;

CALIFORNIA; GEORGIA; IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247254077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2005.0134     Document Type: Article

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