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Soil Containment

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Alternatively to decontamination strategies, soil containment can help to reduce contaminant migration and subsequent endangering of the environment and human health. This chapter discusses all relevant methods of soil containment starting with surface cover systems, including use of geotextiles and bentonite, which prevent direct contact to the contaminated depths. Regarding lateral migration, side barriers are introduced and the encapsulation approach, which interrupts migration completely, is also described. Furthermore, the field of solidification is discussed, taking cement-based solidification, asphalt batching as well as vitrification into consideration. The technical construction of all applications is characterised exactly and discussed in the context of soil properties and the presence of different contaminants. Finally, the soil-protective stabilisation methods are presented. The chapter gives a comprehensive overview of relevant measures beyond the decontamination approaches.

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Meuser, H. (2013). Soil Containment. In: Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation. Environmental Pollution, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5751-6_5

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