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Research project

Dissolved and solid phase organic carbon influences on the sorption/desorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants in clay barriers

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor William Powrie

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering

Research interests

  • Railway track and trackbed behaviour and performance
  • Geotechnical transportation infrastructure (earthworks, retaining walls, tunnels)
  • Groundwater and groundwater control
Connect with William

Email: W.Powrie@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor John Marshall

Professor
Connect with John

Email: jeam@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Sorption of Mecoprop by two clay landfill liner materials: Oxford clay and Mercia mudstone
A. Stringfellow, A. Simoes, D.J. Smallman, R.P. Beaven, W. Powrie & H.A.B. Potter, 2011, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 44(3), 321-329
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-099
Type: article
Sorption of organic contaminants by Oxford Clay and Mercia Mudstone landfill liners
A. Simoes, A. Stringfellow, D.J. Smallman, R.P. Beaven, W. Powrie & H. Potter, 2011, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 44(3), 345 -360
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/09-003
Type: article
Transport of mecoprop through Mercia Mudstone and Oxford Clay at the laboratory scale
N. Woodman, A. Stringfellow, W. Powrie, H.A.B. Potter, A. Simoes, A. Marcosanti, F. Lazzarini & C. Pavani, 2011, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 44(3), 331-344
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-097
Type: article
Characterisation of the recalcitrant organic compounds in leachates formed during the anaerobic biodegradation of waste
A. Yunus, D.J. Smallman, A. Stringfellow, R. Beaven & W. Powrie, 2011, Water Science & Technology, 64(2), 311-319
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.636
Type: article
Leachate dissolved organic matter characterization using spectroscopic methods
A. Yunus, D.J. Smallman, A. Stringfellow, R. Beaven & W. Powrie, 2011, Journal of Water Reuse & Desalination, 1(2), 78-87
DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2011.032
Type: article