Hydraulic conductivity of polymerized bentonite-amended backfills

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bohnhoff, Gretchen L ^a,b   Shackelford, Charles D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Backfills; Compatibility; Cutoff walls; Hydraulic conductivity; Polymerized bentonite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894098424     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001034     Document Type: Article

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