Saturated hydraulic conductivity of soils blended with waste foundry sands

Soil Science

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 751-758

  Dungan, Robert S ^a   Lee, Brad D ^b   Shouse, Peter ^c   De Koff, Jason P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficial use; Foundry sand; Green sand; Pedotransfer function; Saturated hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BENTONITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDFILL; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SAND; SATURATION; WASTE;

EID: 37349064122     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e31812f4f72     Document Type: Article

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