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Sealing of Boreholes and Underground Excavations in Rock
Fuenkajorn, Kittitep; Daemen, J. J.
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Description for Sealing of Boreholes and Underground Excavations in Rock
Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGL; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 521.
Sealing of boreholes and underground excavations has not received much engineering attention until fairly recently. The growing awareness of and sensitivity to environmental concerns of the technical community as well as of the public at large has resulted in an increasing recognition of the fact that these geological penetrations may have an environmental impact. The issue of possible contamination resulting from migration along boreholes, adits, shafts or tunnels unquestionably has been raised most forcefully with in the context of nuclear waste disposal. Several nuclear waste disposal programs, notably the Civilian and the Defence programs of the US De partment of ... Read more
Sealing of boreholes and underground excavations has not received much engineering attention until fairly recently. The growing awareness of and sensitivity to environmental concerns of the technical community as well as of the public at large has resulted in an increasing recognition of the fact that these geological penetrations may have an environmental impact. The issue of possible contamination resulting from migration along boreholes, adits, shafts or tunnels unquestionably has been raised most forcefully with in the context of nuclear waste disposal. Several nuclear waste disposal programs, notably the Civilian and the Defence programs of the US De partment of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401071734
SKU
V9789401071734
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99-15
Reviews for Sealing of Boreholes and Underground Excavations in Rock
...anyone who has to deal with the problems of installing safe and reliable long term seals in a borehole will benefit from reading some of the papers in the book - Geoscientist