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:: WASTE CONTAINMENT - COVERS PUBLICATIONS BY CRAIG H. BENSON

Abu-Hassanein, Z. and Benson, C., Wang, X., and Blotz, L. (1995), Determining Bentonite Content in Soil-Bentonite Mixtures Using Electrical Conductivity, Geotech. Testing J., ASTM, 19(1), 51-57.

Albrecht, B. and Benson, C. (2001), Effect of Desiccation on Compacted Natural Clays, J. of Geotech. and Geoenvironmental Eng., ASCE, 127(1), 67-76. [pdf] [Discussion of Publication]

Albrecht, B. and Benson, C. (2002), Predicting Airflow Rates in the Coarse Layer of Passive Dry Barriers, J. of Geotech. and Geoenvironmental Eng., ASCE, 128(4), 338-346. [pdf]

Albright, W., Benson, C., Gee, G., Abichou, T., Roesler, A., and Rock, S. (2003), Evaluating the Alternatives, Civil Engineering, 73(1), 70-75. [pdf]

Albright, W., Benson, C., Gee, G., and Rock, S. (2000), Tests of Alternative Final Landfill Covers Using Innovative Water Balance Monitoring Systems, Proc. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, 32(7), 126.

Albright, W., Benson, C., Gee, G., Rock, S., and Abichou, T. (2001), Tests of Alternative Final Landfill Covers in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas Using Innovative Water Balance Monitoring Systems, Proc. 36th Annual Engineering Geology & Geotechnical Engineering Symp., 33-41.

Albright, W., Benson, C., Gee, G., Roesler, A., Abichou, T., Apiwantragoon, P., Lyles, B., and Rock, S. (2004), Field Water Balance of Landfill Final Covers. J. of Environmental Quality , 33(6), 2317-2332. [pdf]

Benson, C., Abichou, T., Albright, W., Gee, G., and Roesler, A. (2001), Field Evaluation of Alternative Earthen Final Covers, International J. of Phytoremediation, 3(1), 1-21. [pdf]

Benson, C., Albright, W., Roesler, A., and Abichou, T. (2002), Evaluation of Final Cover Performance: Field Data from the Alternative Cover Assessment Program (ACAP), Proc. Waste Management 02, Tucson, AZ. [pdf]

Benson, C., Bohnhoff, G., Apiwantragoon, P., Ogorzalek, A., Shackelford, C., and Albright, W. (2004), Comparison of Model Predictions and Field Data for an ET Cover, Tailings and Mine Waste ¹04 , Balkema, Leiden, Netherlands, 137-142. [pdf]

Benson, C., Bohnhoff, G., Ogorzalek, A., Shackelford, C., Apiwantragoon, P., and Albright, W. (2005), Field Data and Model Predictions for an Alternative Cover, Waste Containment and Remediation , GSP No. 142, A. Alshawabkeh et al., eds., ASCE, Reston, VA, 1-12. [pdf]

Benson, C., Bosscher, P., Lane, D., and Pliska, R. (1994), Monitoring System for Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Final Covers, Geotech. Testing J., ASTM, 17(2), 138-149. [pdf]

Benson, C. and Chen, C. (2003), Selecting the Thickness of Monolithic Earthen Covers for Waste Containment, Soil and Rock America 2003 , Verlag Gluck auf GMBH, Essen, Germany, 1397-1404. [pdf]

Benson, C., Gunter, J., Boutwell, G., Trautwein, S., and Berzanskis, P. (1997), Comparison of Four Methods to Assess Hydraulic Conductivity, J. of Geotech. and Geoenvironmental Eng., ASCE, 123(10), 929-937.

Benson, C. and Khire, M. (1995), Earthen Covers for Semi-Arid and Arid Climates, Landfill Closures, ASCE, GSP No. 53, J. Dunn and U. Singh, eds., 201-217. [pdf]

Benson, C. and Khire, M. (1995), Earthen Materials in Surface Barriers, Barrier Technologies for Environmental Management, National Academy Press, National Research Council, D79-D89 (invited paper). [pdf]

Benson, C., Tipton, R., Kumthekar, U., and Chiou, J. (2003), Web-Based Remote Monitoring System for Long-Term Stewardship of a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Landfill, Proc. Ninth International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation , ASME, S16, 1-6.

Benson, C. and Wang, X. (2000), Hydraulic Conductivity Assessment of Hydraulic Barriers Constructed with Paper Sludge, Geotechnics of High Water Content Materials , STP 1374, ASTM, T. Edil and P. Fox, Eds., 91-107. [pdf]

Erickson, A., Chamberlain, E., and Benson, C. (1994), Effects of Frost Action on Covers and Liners in Cold Environments, Proc. Seventeenth International Madison Waste Conference, Madison, WI, Sept. 21-22, 198-220.

Khire, M., Benson, C., and Bosscher, P. (1999), Field Data from a Capillary Barrier in Semi-Arid and Model Predictions with UNSAT-H, J. of Geotech. and Geoenvironmental Eng., ASCE, 125(6), 518-528. [pdf]

Khire, M., Benson, C., and Bosscher, P. (1997), Water Balance Modeling of Earthen Landfill Covers, J. of Geotech. and Geoenvironmental Eng., ASCE, 123(8), 744-754. [pdf]

Khire, M., Benson, C., and Bosscher, P. (1997), Water Balance of Two Earthen Landfill Caps in a Semi-Arid Climate, Intl. Containment Tech., 252-261.

Khire, M., Benson, C., and Bosscher, P. (1997), Water Balance of Two Earthen Landfill Caps in a Semi-Arid Climate, J. of Land Contamination and Reclamation, 5(3), 195-202.

Khire, M., Benson, C., and Bosscher, P. (2000), Capillary Barriers: Design Variables and Water Balance, J. of Geotech. and Geoenvironmental Eng., ASCE, 126(8), 695-708. [pdf]

Khire, M., Benson, C., Bosscher, P., and Pliska, P. (1994), Field-Scale Comparison of Capillary and Resistive Landfill Covers in an Arid Climate, Proc. 14th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, 195-209. (invited)

Khire, M., Meerdink, J., Benson, C., and Bosscher, P. (1995), Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Water Balance Predictions for Earthen Landfill Final Covers, Soil Suction Applications in Geotechnical Engineering Practice, ASCE, GSP No. 48, W. Wray and S. Houston, eds., 38-57. [pdf]

Kumthekar, U., Chiou, J., Prochaska, M., and Benson, C. (2002), Development of Long-Term Monitoring System to Evaluate Cover System Performance, Proc. Waste Management Œ02, Tucson, AZ. [pdf]

Kim, H. and Benson, C. (1999), Oxygen Transport Through Multilayer Composite Caps Over Mine Waste, Proc. Sudbury '99 - Mining and the Environment II, Centre in Mining and Mining Environment Research, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario.

Kim, H. and Benson, C. (2004), Contributions of Advective and Diffusive Oxygen Transport Through Multilayer Composite Caps Over Mine Waste, J. of Contaminant Hydrology , 71(1-4), 193-218. [pdf]

Lane, D., Benson, C., Bosscher, P., and Pliska, R. (1992), Construction and Hydrologic Observations of Three Instrumented Final Covers, Proc. 15th International Madison Waste Conference, Madison, Sept. 23-24, 231-250.

Lin, L. and Benson, C. (2000), Effect of Wet-Dry Cycling on Swelling and Hydraulic Conductivity of Geosynthetic Clay Liners, J. of Geotech. and Geoenvironmental Eng., ASCE, 126(1), 40-49. [pdf]

Meerdink, J., Benson, C., and Khire, M. (1995), Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Two Compacted Barrier Soils, J. of Geotech. Eng., ASCE, 122(7), 565-576. (Croes Medal) [pdf]

Trast, J. and Benson, C. (1995), Estimating Field Hydraulic Conductivity at Various Effective Stresses, J. of Geotech. Eng., ASCE, 121(10), 736-740.

X. and Benson, C. (1995), Infiltration and Field-Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Clay, J. of Geotech. Eng., ASCE, 121(10), 713-722.



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