The state-of-the-art for barriers systems control of pollution migration and hydraulic
structures including liner systems for landfills, mine waste, and dams/lagoons are discussed …

Understanding the mechanisms that control the hydraulic and semipermeable membrane
behavior of enhanced bentonites (EBs), which comprise natural montmorillonite amended …

This study developed a novel composite polymer-amended bentonite consisting of two
linear polymers (ie, polyanionic cellulose (PAC) and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose …

Hydraulic conductivity of conventional mock sodium bentonite (Na–B) and bentonite-
polymer (B–P) geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) were evaluated with three synthetic leachates …

The hydraulic performance of geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) comprising anionic polymer–
enhanced bentonites (EBs), or EB-GCLs, based on permeation with 500 mM NaCl and 167 …

This study investigated the influences of polymer types (Super Absorbent Polymer, SAP and
Polyanionic Cellulose, PAC), preparation methods (dry-mixed, dry-sprinkled, or wet-mixed) …

Contaminant retention characteristics of clay-based composites as affected by pH needs to
be quantified for its design, functionality, and performance as a landfill liner material. The …

Geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) consisting of bentonites are used worldwide for the
containment of hazardous landfill leachates. However, the swelling of bentonite in …

Six machine learning methods (linear regression, logistic regression, extreme gradient
boosting (XGBoost), support vector machine, K-nearest neighbours and artificial neural …

A study was conducted to evaluate the hydraulic conductivity (k) of six bentonite-polymer
composite (BPC) geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) using five synthetic municipal solid waste …