
Geoengineering in Arid Lands
A A Balkema Publishers
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2000
Book
Hardback
720 pages
978-90-5809-160-4 (ISBN)
Description
The papers in this volume cover topics in the field of geoengineering in arid lands. Topics include: coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in geomechanics; sediment formation in marine environment; soil stability and stabilization techniques; and unsaturated soil behaviour and modelling.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
1442 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5809-160-4 (9789058091604)
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A.M.O. Mohamed | K.I. Al Hosani
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Geoengineering in Arid Lands
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Persons
A.M.O. Mohamed, K.I. Al Hosani, both UAE University, United Arab Emirates.
Content
Foreword, Preface, Organization, Introduction, Non-technical keynote lecture: The sun, the desert and the sea under-utilized resources; Geotechnical Engineering, 1 Keynote lectures: Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in geomechanics: A perspective of modelling, computations and experiments, Natural consolidation process and cementation of marine sediments, Recent advances in constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils, Numerical analysis in geotechnical engineering: Case histories, The behaviour of arid climate soils in the Gulf area, Foundation failures from inorganic contamination, Reversibility of swell behaviour of bentonite inundated with liquids 2 Behaviour of soft sediment 3 Soil properties and behaviour 4 Soil stabilization 5 Soil strength and stability 6 Hydrodynamics 7 Unsaturated soil behaviour 8 In-situ soil investigation and testing. Geoenvironmental Engineering and Management 1 Keynote lectures: Bioreactor landfills: Experimental study, Saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, Review of microbial enhanced oil recovery, Evidence of Holocene transgression, dolomitization and the source of arsenic in the Bengal delta, Aspects of medical waste management plans - The Syrian example, Role of regulatory agencies in risk management of polluted sites 2 Landfilling 3 Pollutant transport 4 Groundwater assessment 5 Hydrogeology 6 Assessment of polluted sites 7 Environmental management 8 Bioremediation 9 Electrochemical treatment and monitoring 10 Physico-chemical treatment of solid waste 11 Pollutant-soil interaction 12 Agriculture pollution and management.