Geotechnical characterisation of marine clay as potential liner material

• Main Authors: Rahman, Z.A., Yaacob, W.Z.W., Rahim, S.A., Lihan, T., Idris, W.M.R., Mohd Sani, W.N.F.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6446/1/07_Z.A._Rahman.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6446/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/

Natural clay is commonly used as a liner material to contain landfill leachate from contaminating the environment. A key characteristic of liner material is its hydraulic conductivity. It is recommended that the hydraulic conductivity of the potential liner material should be of 1×10-9 m/s or less....