Structural performance of a steep slope landfill lining system

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 115-125

  Dixon, Neil ^a   Ng'ambi, Samson ^b   Jones, D Russell V ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geotechnical engineering; Landfill

Indexed keywords

CLAY; LANDFILL LININGS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SLOPE STABILITY; SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT;

CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; LANDFILL GAS; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CONTAINMENT BARRIER; LANDFILL LINER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 4544326889     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2004.157.3.115     Document Type: Article

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