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» A Comprehensive Literature Review of Liner Failures and Longevity
   Extensive technical paper presenting a review of the causes and consequences of landfill liner failures, and a design methodology to avoid said failures. Authors: Dr. D.V. Reddy and Boris Butul.
   http://www.floridacenter.org/publications/liner_failure_99.pdf

» Effect of Shear Displacement Rate on Internal Shear Strength of a Reinforced Geosynthetic Clay Liner
   Technical paper about laboratory torsional ring shear tests, performed to evaluate the effect of shear displacement rate on the internal shear strength of a needlepunched geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) under different normal stresses. Authors: H.T. Eid and
   http://www.geosyntheticssociety.org/GI_SourceFiles/V6I3/GI-V6-N3-Paper4.pdf

» Geosynthetic Clay Liner Design. Part 1
   First part of a comprehensive overview of the fundamental design issues related to geosynthetic clay liners (GCL), focused on design options and principles related to hydraulic performance and leakage. From Thiel Engineering.
   http://www.rthiel.com/GSE_Part1.pdf

» Geosynthetic Clay Liner Design. Part 2
   Second part of a comprehensive overview of the fundamental design issues related to geosynthetic clay liners (GCL), focused on slope stability and the shear strength values which should be used for analysis. From Thiel Engineering.
   http://www.rthiel.com/GSE_Part2.pdf

» Geosynthetic Clay Liner Design. Part 3
   Third part of a comprehensive overview of the fundamental design issues related to geosynthetic clay liners (GCL), expanding on the installation, durability, and effective quality control and assurance of geosynthetic clay liners. From Thiel Engineering.
   http://www.rthiel.com/GSE_Part3.pdf

» Geosynthetic Clay Liners - Field Performance
   Technical paper reviewing four primary applications for geosynthetic clay liners (GCL), and the problems which were observed during and after installation. From Serrot International, Inc. Author: Thomas G. Stam.
   http://www.bentofix.com/naue/p/gcl_field_perf.pdf

» Geosynthetic Clay Liners Used in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
   Fact sheet from the US Environmental Protection Agency, describing new and innovative technologies and products that meet the performance standards of the Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.
   http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/landfill/geosyn.pdf

» Geosynthetic Clay Liners and Long Term Slope Stability
   Extensive technical paper describing the construction of geosynthetic clay liners (GCL), and highlighting the shear behaviour of GCLs to demonstrate their long-term slope stability. From Naue Fasertechnik GmbH. Authors: K.P. von Maubeuge and C.M. Quirk.
   http://www.bentofix.com/nsdata/p/waste2000_shear.pdf

» Out-of-Plane Tensile Behaviour of Geosynthetic Clay Liners
   Technical paper presenting the results of a study comparing the out-of-plane tensile behaviour of geosynthetic clay liners (GCL) and compacted clay liners (CCL), and finding that geosynthetic membranes are able to withstand considerably greater out-of-pla
   http://www.geosyntheticssociety.org/GI_SourceFiles/V3I2/GI-V3-N2-Paper6.pdf

» The Use of Geosynthetic Clayliners in Containment Applications - An Australian Perspective
   Technical paper describing the field monitoring process of geosynthetic clay lining systems, and discussing the that hads been performed on geosynthetic clay liners on both a general containment application and a projet-specific basis. Authors: P. Phillip
   http://www.bentofix.com/nsdata/p/geo_env2001.pdf

» Unreinforced Geosynthetic Clay Liner Case History
   Technical paper describing a slope failure involving an unreinforced geosynthetic clayliner in a municipal solid waste landfill liner system. Authors: T.D. Stark and others.
   http://www.geosyntheticssociety.org/GI_SourceFiles/V5I5/GI-V5-N5-Paper4.pdf