Article | REF: C5430 V2

Introduction to Geomembranes

Author: Jean-Pierre GIROUD

Publication date: August 10, 2015

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7. Glossary

  • Assembly: all the processes used to join panels (i.e. strips and/or sheets) to form a watertight seal.

  • Bentonite: a variety of clay with very low permeability.

  • Composite waterproofing: waterproofing consisting of a geomembrane and a low-permeability mineral layer (clay or bentonite geocomposite).

  • Geocomposite: geosynthetic made up of an assembly of several components, at least one of which is a geosynthetic.

  • Bentonite geocomposite: a geosynthetic composed of a layer of bentonite combined with one or more geotextiles (or sometimes a geomembrane).

  • Geogrid: grid-shaped geosynthetic...

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