STP1070GeotechnicsofWasteFills--TheoryandPracticeArvidLandvaandG.DavidKnowles,editors1916RaceStreetPhiladelphia,PA19103LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataGeotechnicsofwastefills-theoryandpractice/ArvidLandvaandG.DavidKnowles,editors.(ASTMSTP;1070)"ASTMpublicationcodenumber(PCN)04-010700-38."--T.p.versoIncludesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-8031-1285-8I.Sanitarylandfills--Congresses.2.Engineeringgeology--Congresses.3.Groundwaterflow--Congresses.I.Landva,Arvid,1930-.II.Knowles,G.David,1944-III.Series:ASTMspecialtechnicalpublication;1070.TD795.7.G461990628.3'64--dc2090-44937CIPCopyright�9byAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1990NOTETheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.PeerReviewPolicyEachpaperpublishedinthisvolumewasevaluatedbythreepeerreviewers.Theauthorsaddressedallofthereviewers'commentstothesatisfactionofboththetechnicaleditor(s)andtheASTMCommitteeonPublications.Thequalityofthepapersinthispublicationreflectsnotonlytheobviouseffortsoftheauthorsandthetechnicaleditor(s),butalsotheworkofthesepeerreviewers.TheASTMCommitteeonPublicationsacknowledgeswithappreciationtheirdedicationandcontribu-tionoftimeandeffortonbehalfofASTM.PrintedinAnnArbor,MIMay1992SecondPrinting.AnnArbor,MIJanuar)1994ForewordThispublication,GeoteehnicsofWasteFills--TheoryandPractice,containspaperspre-sentedatthesymposiumofthesamenameheldinPittsburgh,PAon10-13Sept.1989.ThesymposiumwassponsoredbyASTMCommitteeD-18onSoilandRock.Dr.ArvidLandva,ProfessorofCivilEngineering,TheUniversityofNewBrunswickatNewBrunswick,pre-sidedassymposiumchairman.Hewasalsoeditorofthispublication,alongwithG.DavidKnowles,MalcolmPirnieInc.,Albany,NY.ContentsIntroductionLANDFILLINVESTIGATIONS,DESIGN,CONSTRUCTIONSettlementandEngineeringConsiderationsinLandfillandFinalCoverDesign--D.V.MORRISANDC.E.WOODSSolidWasteLandfillPerformanceDuringtheLOMAPrietaEarthquake--W.R.ORRANDM.O.FINCHPredictingStratigraphyatLandfillSitesUsingElectromagnetics--T.A.LAWRENCEANDG.P.B...