Prediction of the water balance of two soil cover systems

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-237

  Adu Wusu, Celestina ^a,d   Yanful, Ernest K ^a   Lanteigne, Lisa ^b   O'Kane, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Inco Limited ^*  (Canada)

^c O'Kane Consultants Inc   (Canada)

^d AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Dnumerical modeling; Field performance monitoring; Field response modeling; Geosynthetic clay liner; Soil covers; Soil water characteristic curve; Waste containment; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; WATER;

FIELD PERFORMANCE MONITORING; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINER; SOIL COVER SYSTEM; SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; WATER BALANCE;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLAY LINER; CONTAINMENT; GEOSYNTHETICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL COVER; SOIL WATER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 34248666986     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-006-9106-3     Document Type: Article

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