Laboratory study of geosynthetic clay liner shrinkage when subjected to wet/dry cycles

Geosynthetic Clay Liners (or GCLs) are often used in conjunction with a geomembrane for landfills and heap-leach pads, where their function is to minimize leakage that may occur through holes in the geomembrane. GCLs are installed with overlapping panels and powdered bentonite placed between the ov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bostwick, LAURA
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Format: Others
Language:en
en
Published: 2009
Subjects:
gcl
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/1919