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2016-2017 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

CEN 580 - GeoEnvironmental Engineering

Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Principles of interaction of soil and rock with various environmental cycles. Physical and chemical properties of soil. Environmental site characterization: drilling technology, geotechnical and geophysical methods, monitoring well design and construction, groundwater, soil and gas sampling procedures, sensor technologies. Contaminant transport, detection and containment. Principles of containment facilities: landfills, leachate collection, cut-off wall, permeable barriers, stability analysis. Soil and groundwater restoration stabilization, bioremediation, washing, electrotechnologies, soil vapor technologies.
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