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Spaulding, C., “Soil Bentonite Cut-off Walls for Cofinement of Existing Landfills: Tempe Tip A Case Study”, XVIth Asian Conference, NSW, Australia, Februaray 2007.

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Ryan, C., and Spauldingi, C., "Vertical Groundwater Barriers for Contaminated Site Reclamation", Proceeding of the 10th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geo-Mechanics, Brisbane, Australia, October 2007. Included by permission of the author.

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Ryan, C. and Spaulding, C., “Strength and Permeability of a Deep Soil-Bentonite Slurry Wall”, Proceedings of the Geo-Congress 2008 ASCE, March 2008, New Orleans, LA.

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Evans, J. E. and Ryan, C.R., “Time-Dependent Behavior of Soil-Bentonite Slurry Wall Backfill”, Geo-Frontiers 2005, Geo-Institute Congress & GeoSynthetics Conference, Austin, TX, January 2005.

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Ryan, C.R. and Day, S.R., “Soil-Bentonite Slurry Wall Specifications” Pan American Conference on Soils Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering, Geo-Institute and MIT, Cambridge, MA, June 2003.

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Ryan, C.R. and Day, S.R. “Soil-Cement-Bentonite Slurry Walls”, International Deep Foundation Congress, GSP No. 116, American Society of Civil Engineers, Orlando, FL, February 2002.

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Day, S.R., Ryan, C.R., and Fisk, G., “Innovative Slurry Trench Methods for the Rehabilitation of Small Dams”, Annual Meeting, Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Salt Lake City, UT, September 2001.

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"Evaluation of Subsurface Engineered Barriers at Waste Sites", prepared response for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER), July 1998.

Owaidat, L.M. and Day, S.R., “Installation of a Composite Slurry Wall to Contain Mine Tailings”, Tailings and Mine Waste Conference, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, January 1998.

Carey, M.J., Fisher, M.J. and Day, S.R., “Case Study Installation of a Soil/Bentonite Cutoff Wall Through an Abandoned Coal Mine”, International Containment Technology Conference, USDoE, Dupont Company, & USEPA, St. Petersburg, FL., February 1997.

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Schindler, R.M. and Maltese, P.C., “Case Study: Installation of a HDPE Curtain with Sheetpile Tie-IN on Both Ends”, International Containment Technology Conference, USDoE, Dupont Company, & USEPA, St. Petersburg, FL., February 1997.

Evans, J.C. with Allan, M., Day, S.R., Filz, G.M., Inyang, H.I., Jefferis, S., Kukacka, L.E., Martinenghi, L., Mitchell, R. And Potter, K., “Section 2: Soil-Cement Based Vertical Barriers with Focus and Materials”, Assessment of Barrier Containment Technologies, R.R. Rumer, and J.K. Mitchell, Eds, USDoE, DuPont Company and USEPA, International Technology Workshop, Baltimore, MD 1995.

Filz, G.M. and Mitchell, J.M., with Anderson, L.R., Betsill, J.D., Carter, E.E., Davidson, R.R., Day, S.R., Esnault, A., Evans, J.C., Jefferis, S., Manassero, M., Martinenghi, L., Stammes, R.L., Tamaro, G.J., van Meurs, G.A.M., and Yang, D.S. “Section 3: Design, Construction and Performance of Soil-Cement Based Vertical Barriers”, Assessment of Barrier Containment Technologies, R.R. Rumer, and J.K. Mitchell, Eds, USDoE, DuPont Company and USEPA, International Technology Workshop, Baltimore, MD, 1995.

Day, S.R., “The Compatibility of Slurry Cutoff Wall Materials with Contaminated Groundwater”, Hydraulic Conductivity and Waste Contaminant Transport in Soils, STP 1142, D.E. Daniel and S.J. Trautwein, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, San Antonio, TX, 1994.

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Ryan, C.R., “Vertical Barriers in Soil for Pollution Containment,” Geotechnical Practice for Waste Disposal, GSP No. 13, Woods, R.D. Ed., American Society of Civil Engineers, Ann Arbor, MI, June 1987.

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Ryan, C.R. and Day, S.R., “Performance Evaluation of Cement-Bentonite Slurry Wall Mix Design,” Superfund Conference Proceedings, Hazardous Materials Control and Research Institute, Washington, DC, 1986.

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Ryan, C.R., “Slurry Cut-off Walls - Applications in the Control of Hazardous Wastes,” Hydraulic Barriers in Soil and Rock, STP 874, A.I. Johnson, R.K. Frobel, N.J. Cavalli, and C.B. Pettersson, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Denver, 1985.

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Ryan, C.R., “When Hazardous Waste Threatens the Groundwater...,” International Water Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, September, 1985.

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Ryan, C.R., “Examples of Groundwater Containment Strategies - New and Remedial Work,” International Water Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October 1984.

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“Cement Bentonite Slurry Trench Cut-off Walls ,” Portland Cement Association, 1984.

Ryan, C.R., “Slurry Cut-off Walls Contain Potential Oil Pollution in New York Waters,” Spill Control and Hazardous Materials Conference, New Haven, CT, 1983.

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Ryan, C.R., “Slurry Cut-off Wall Applications in the Control of Hazardous Waste Leachates,” Hazardous Materials Control Conference, Philadelphia, PA, July 1983.

Ryan, C.R., “Slurry Trench Cut-offs to Halt Flow of Oil-Polluted Groundwater,” Energy and Technology Conference, ASME Petroleum Division, New Orleans, LA, February 1980.

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Ryan, C.R., “Slurry Cut-off Walls Methods and Applications,” Geo-Tec ‘80, Chicago, IL, March 1980.

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D’Appolonia, D. J. and Ryan, C.R., “Soil Bentonite Slurry Cut-off Walls,” Geotechnical Technical Conference, Chicago, IL, March 1979.

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Ryan, C.R., “Slurry Cut-off Walls, Design Parameters and Final Properties,” Proceedings of Slurry Wall Technical Course, Miami, FL, February 1977.

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Ryan, C.R., “Slurry Cut-off Walls, Design and Construction,” Proceedings of Slurry Wall Technical Course, Chicago, IL, April 1976.

See Also: Adaska, W.S., Ten Bruin, W. and Day, S.R., “Remediation of Oil Refinery Sludge Basin”.

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