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Filter fabric
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Permeable fabrics which, when used in association with soil, have the ability to separate, filter, reinforce, protect, or drain. The term “filter fabric” is more expressive, but it has fallen into comparative disuse. Geotextiles are really fabric materials used in a “geo,” that is an Earth-related, engineering context.
The Classification of Geotextiles
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Eslamian, S., Sayahi, M., Ostad-Ali-Askari, K., Hosseini-Teshnizi, S.Z., Zareei, S.A., Salemi, N. (2018). Geotextiles. In: Bobrowsky, P.T., Marker, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73568-9_140
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