Water Retention Properties of Two Deep Belgian Clay Formations

Analice Lima; Enrique Romero; Yessenia Piña; Antonio Gens; Xiang Ling Li; Guangjing Chen

Water Retention Properties of Two Deep Belgian Clay Formations

Analice Lima, Enrique Romero, Yessenia Piña, Antonio Gens, Xiang Ling Li, Guangjing Chen

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Abstract

Belgium investigates the design for disposal of its high-level radioactive waste in two deep clay formations: the Boom clay at Mol, considered the reference host formation, and Ypresian clay at Kallo that is the alternative one. High suctions develop as a consequence of sample retrieval, which affect the hydro-mechanical response of these materials. The water retention properties of both clays, covering a wide suction range and using different complementary techniques, are presented and discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications
Place of Publication	Heidelberg, Germany
Pages	179-184
State	Published - Jun 2012
Event	2nd European Conference on unsaturated soils, E-UNSAT 2012 - Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II and Politecnico di Milano, Napels Duration: 20 Jun 2012 → 22 Jun 2012

Conference

Conference	2nd European Conference on unsaturated soils, E-UNSAT 2012
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Napels
Period	2012-06-20 → 2012-06-22

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