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Volume 30 • Number 4 • December 2012
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GEOTECHNICAL
INSTRUMENTATION
NEWS
GROUNDWATER
THE GROUT LINE
WASTE GEOTECHNICS
GEO INTEREST
DEPARTMENTS
Remote monitoring of deformation. An overview
of the seven methods described in previous GINs
24
Paolo Mazzanti
Field monitoring for improved mine backfill systems
29
M.W. Grabinsky, B.D. Thompson, W.E. Bawden
Influence of element size in numerical studies of seepage:
Unsaturated zones, transient conditions
34
Robert P. Chapuis
Benefits of adaptive automatic mesh refinement
37
Igor Petrovic, Murray Fredlund
Use of real time monitoring for micropile/
anchor testing and stressing
43
Paolo Gazzarrini
Managing fluid fine tailings: Collaboration in Canada’s
oil sands industry
47
Alan E. Fair, Nicholas A. Beier
Hydrogeological and geotechnical considerations of
construction dewatering and drainage systems
51
Mori H. Mortazavi
CGS News
5
Geo-Institute News
18
Geotechnical Instrumentation News
24
Groundwater
34
The Grout Line
41
Waste Geotechnics
47
Geoengineer.org
50
Geo-Interest
51
Book Review
57
ASFE News
59
COVER
Displacement sensor (see article starting on page 43).
CON T E N T S