Bio-induced calcite, iron, and manganese precipitation for geotechnical engineering applications

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 211 GSP, 2011, Pages 3975-3983

  Weaver, T J ^a   Burbank, M ^b   Lewis, A ^b   Lewis, R ^b   Crawford, R ^b   Williams, B ^b  

^a U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Geotechnical engineering; Iron (material); Manganese

Indexed keywords

BIO-AUGMENTATION; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; COLUMN TEST; DURING CONSTRUCTION; GEOLOGIC HAZARDS; IRON PRECIPITATION; LEPTOTHRIX DISCOPHORA; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL STIFFNESS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTS; IRON; IRON RESEARCH; MANGANESE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 79956373955     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41165(397)406     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

1. Burbank, M.B., Weaver, T.J., Green, T.L., William, B.C., and Crawford, R.L. (In Press). "Precipitation of calcite by indigenous microorganisms to strengthen liquefiable soils," Geomicrobiology Journal.
2. Clough, W., Iwabuchi, J., Shafii, N., Kuppusamy, T. (1989). "Influence of cementation on liquefaction of sands", Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 115(8): 1102-1117.
3. DeJong J.T., Fritzges, M.B., Nusslein K. (2006). "Microbially induced cementation to control sand response to undrained shear," J Geotech Geoenviron Eng. 132(11): 1381-1392. (Pubitemid 44781778)
4. Harkes, M.P., Booster, J.L., van Paassen, L.A. van Loosdrecht, M.C.M., and Whiffin, V.S. (2008). "Microbial induced carbonate precipitation as ground improvement method - bacterial fixation and empirical correlation CaCO3 vs strength," Intl. Conf. on BioGeoCivil Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands.
5. Ismail, M.A., Joer, H.A., Randolph, M.F., and Meritt, A. (2002). "Cementation of porous materials using calcite," Geotechnique, 52(5): 313-324.
6. Ling, W. (2009). Use of quantitative PCR to characterize the transport and spatial distribution of Leptothrix discophora SS-1 in sand, M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Idaho, 110 p.
7. Paassen, L.A.V., Harkes, M.P., Zwieten, G.A.V., Zon, W.H.V.D., Star, W.R.L.V.D., Loosdrecht, M.C.M.V. (2009). "Scale up of BioGrout: a biological ground reinforcement method," Proc. 17th Intl. Conf. on Soil Mech. and Geotech. Engineering: 2328-2333.
8. rd Edition. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New Jersey.
9. Puppala, A.J., Acar, Y.B., and Tumay, M.T. (1995). "Cone penetration in very weakly cemented sand," Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 121(8): 589-600. (Pubitemid 26457752)
10. 3,". Soil Biol Biochem, 31:1563-1571. (Pubitemid 29405082)
11. Whiffen, V.S., Paassen L.A.V., Harkes M.P. (2007). "Microbial carbonate precipitation as a soil improvement technique," Geomicrobiology Journal, 24: 417-423. (Pubitemid 47272768)