Assessment of smectite-rich claystones from Northpatagonia for their use as liner materials in landfills

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-445

  Musso, T B ^a,b   Roehl, K E ^c   Pettinari, G ^a   Valles J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Landfills; Liner materials; Smectite rich claystones

Indexed keywords

BULK CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CLAY MATERIALS; CLAYSTONES; COMPACTED CLAY LINER; LANDFILL LINER; LINER MATERIAL; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL WASTE; POTENTIAL MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SMECTITES; SODIUM BENTONITE; UPPER CRETACEOUS; WELL GRADED SAND;

BENTONITE; CLAY MINERALS; LAND FILL; MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWELLING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

BENTONITE; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAYSTONE; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; CRETACEOUS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROVENANCE; REPOSITORY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMECTITE; SWELLING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 77951135724     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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