Short- and long-term leakage through composite liners. The 7th Arthur Casagrande lecture

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-169

  Rowe, R Kerry ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite liner; Geomembrane; Geosynthetic clay liner; Lagoons; Landfill; Leakage; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

CLAY LINERS; COMPACTED CLAY LINER; COMPOSITE LINER; DIRECT CONTACT; GEOSYNTHETIC CLAY LINERS; IN-FIELD; THROUGH HOLE;

GEOMEMBRANES; LAND FILL; LEAKAGE (FLUID); SEWAGE LAGOONS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

CLAY LINER; COMPOSITE; GEOMEMBRANE; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LINER; LEAKAGE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84856258240     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T11-092     Document Type: Article

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