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2. Geosynthetics
2.1 Overview of geosynthetics
Geosynthetics include geomembranes and a variety of products, the main ones of which are described below (§ 2.2 ). Geosynthetics are generally delivered to the field in rolls. The strips ("lés") obtained by unrolling these rolls are generally in the order of 1.5 to 10 m wide and from a few dozen meters to over 100 m long.
These strips are assembled in the field using various methods, known as "assembly methods":
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Geomembrane function
Bibliography
Websites
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CFG – French Geosynthetics Committee
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IGS – International Geosynthetics Society
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Events
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International Congress on Geosynthetics
Organized under the aegis of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), the congress is held every four years: Paris (1977), Las Vegas (1982), Vienna (1986), The Hague (1990), Singapore (1994), Atlanta (1998), Nice (2002), Yokohama (2006), Guaruja/Sao Paulo (2010), Berlin (2014), Seoul (2018).
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