Preferential flow in geosynthetic clay liners exhumed from final covers with composite barriers

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1101-1111

  Scalia IV, Joseph ^a   Benson, Craig H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cation exchange; Cover; Geosynthetic clay liner; Hydration; Landfill; Preferential flow

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE SURFACE; CATION CONCENTRATIONS; CATION EXCHANGES; COMMONLY USED; COMPOSITE BARRIERS; COVER; DISTRIBUTED FLOW; FIBER BUNDLES; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS; HYDRATION PROCESS; MOLE FRACTION; MONOVALENT CATIONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; OXIDE PRECIPITATES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PORE WATERS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; PUNCHED FIBERS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SWELL INDEX;

BENTONITE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND FILL; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; NEEDLES; POSITIVE IONS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER; WATER CONTENT;

GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

BENTONITE; CALCIUM; CLAY LINER; GEOMEMBRANE; HYDRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE; LANDFILL LINER; MANGANESE OXIDE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POREWATER; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SAMPLING; SODIUM;

BENTONITE; CATION EXCHANGE; CATIONS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GROUND WATER; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; LAND FILL; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER FLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958102399     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T10-018     Document Type: Article

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