Performance-based indicators for controlling geosynthetic clay liners in landfill applications

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 321-331

  Guyonnet, Dominique ^a   Touze Foltz, Nathalie ^b   Norotte, Véronique ^c   Pothier, Catherine ^d   Didier, Gérard ^c   Gailhanou, Hélène ^a   Blanc, Philippe ^a   Warmont, Fabienne ^e  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c INSAVALOR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e CRMD CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cation exchange; Geosynthetic clay liners; Hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATION EXCHANGE; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CATION EXCHANGES; CHECK-IN; CLAY PARTICLES; EXCHANGEABLE CATION; FREE SWELL; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LANDFILL OPERATORS; LIMIT VALUES; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; OBJECTIVE INFORMATION; PERMEAMETER TEST; SMECTITE CLAYS; SMECTITES; TEM;

BENTONITE; CALCIUM; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND FILL; MINERALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSITIVE IONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CLAY MINERALS;

BENTONITE; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CLAY LINER; GEOSYNTHETICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL CAPPING; LANDFILL LINER; SMECTITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLAY LINER; GEOSYNTHETICS; HYDRAULICS; INDUSTRIAL USE; MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 67651179510     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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