Technical Themes

Prospective authors are invited to submit a one page abstract on any of the following Themes.

Theme 1: MSW and Hazardous Waste Landfills
Liners
Covers
Leachate collection
Gas collection
Waste mechanics
Nuclear waste
Case histories

Theme 2:  Slurry Ponds
Coal ash ponds
Tailings Ponds
Dredging and mineral sludge ponds
Dykes and Dams
Stability and Settlement
Drainage aspects
Control and Management
Case histories

Theme 3: Contaminated Land, Groundwater and Abandoned Landfills  
Vertical Barriers
Covers and liners
Drainage systems
Reactive walls
Subsoil pollutant extraction methods
Subsoil pollutant inactivation methods
Bioremediation
Case histories

Theme 4: Geosynthetics and New Materials
Hydraulic Barriers
Drains and pipes
Reinforcements
Separators
Filters
Erosion controllers
Composites and Geotubes
Case histories

Theme 5: Sustainability, Professional Practice and Education    
Educational issues
Regulations and policy
Land and groundwater management
Climate change issues
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Subsoil energy reclamation
Geotechnical re-use of waste materials
Risk assessment

Theme 6: Geohazards, Disaster Mitigation and Management
Landslides
Floods
Earthquakes
Erosion
Microzonation
Mitigation strategies and policies
Disaster management
Case histories

Theme 7: Testing, Monitoring and Performance Evaluation
Testing of soils, pore liquids, pore gases
Site investigations
Characterization and design parameters
Monitoring of subsurface environment
Geophysical methods
Remote sensing methods
Instrumentation and sensors

Theme 8: Physical and Numerical Modelling
Environmental Geomechanics
Contaminant transport
Coupled processes
Energy transport
Advanced methods