Biochar-mediated changes in soil quality and plant growth in a three year field trial

DL Jones, J Rousk, G Edwards-Jones… - Soil biology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
While many laboratory studies have focused on the short term effects of biochar addition to
soil), there have been comparatively few tracing its longer term effects in the field. This study …

Darcy‐scale modeling of microbially induced carbonate mineral precipitation in sand columns

A Ebigbo, A Phillips, R Gerlach… - Water Resources …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This investigation focuses on the use of microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation
(MICP) to set up subsurface hydraulic barriers to potentially increase storage security near …

Seismic and resistivity measurements for real-time monitoring of microbially induced calcite precipitation in sand

MH Weil, JT DeJong… - Geotechnical …, 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A variety of biogeochemical processes, from inorganic mineral precipitation to bio-film
formation to bio-gas generation, are being investigated as alternative methods to improve …

[图书][B] Bio-mediated soil improvement and the effect of cementation on the behavior, improvement, and performance of sand

BM Montoya - 2012 - search.proquest.com
New, exciting opportunities for utilizing biological processes to modify the engineering
properties of the subsurface (eg strength, stiffness) have recently emerged. Enabled by …

Fabrication, operation, and health monitoring of bender elements for aggressive environments

BM Montoya, R Gerhard… - Geotechnical …, 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Bender elements are commonly used to monitor the shear wave velocity of soils in various
tests, including triaxial, consolidation, and centrifuge tests. When used in aggressive soil …

Biocalcis and its applications for the consolidation of sands

AE Filet, JP Gadret, M Loygue… - Grouting and deep mixing …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
The use of bio-mediated processes for geotechnical applications seems very promising for
numerous underground geotechnical and environmental applications including …

[图书][B] Up-scaling of microbial induced calcite precipitation in sands for geotechnical ground improvement

BC Martinez - 2012 - search.proquest.com
Microbial induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is a bio-mediated soil modification technique
that harnesses a natural, in situ, biological process (urea hydrolysis) to change the …