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Front Earth Sci Chin    0, Vol. Issue () : 303-311    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-009-0046-0
REVIEW ARTICLE
A review on soil cover in waste and contaminant containment: design, monitoring, and modeling
Sheng PENG(), Huilian JIANG
School of Environment, the Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Abstract

Soil cover is a widely-used but relatively new method for solid waste containment. Standard while site-specific procedures for cover design, monitoring, and evluation are needed to insure reliable cover performance. This paper presents a review of soil cover types, design principles and procedures, cover monitoring, Cover types and cover design are introduced with the general concepts and discussed on their specific applicabilities in different circumstances. and long-term performance modeling. Detailed discussion is given on unsaturated flow system properties and their field measurements, including methods, apparatuses/equipments and their advantages and disadvantages. Several unsaturated flow simulators are discussed and compared with regards to their simulation capacities for critical parameters closely related to soil cover performance such as runoff, infiltration and evaporation. Finally, research subjects are suggested for future work for better soil cover monitoring and modeling.

Keywords soil cover      solid waste containment      cover monitoring      cover performance modeling      review     
Corresponding Author(s): PENG Sheng,Email:peng.sheng@bnu.edu.cn   
Issue Date: 05 September 2009
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Sheng PENG,Huilian JIANG. A review on soil cover in waste and contaminant containment: design, monitoring, and modeling[J]. Front Earth Sci Chin, 0, (): 303-311.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fesci/EN/Y0/V/I/303
Fig.1  Schematic figures for resistive barrier and ET covers
Fig.2  Cumulative histogram of field measured saturated hydraulic conductivity for a non-compacted clay layer in three years (Cited from Meiers et al., 2003)
Fig.3  Average water content based on data from 10 neutron probe access tubes in selected depths in an ET cover and daily precipitation/irrigation in Texas
Fig.4  Underestimate of infiltration by lysimeter: influence of water table elevation of moisture flow into a lysimeter (cited from Ayres et al., 2003)
Fig.5  HDS monitoring data over 10 years at four depths in a mine closure site in Southwest of USA
runoffPETinfiltrationheat flowvapor flowgas flowsolute flow
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HYDRUS 2D×××
Tab.1  Simulation capacity of three common-used simulators
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