On August 13, 1995, a slope above Shum Wan Road failed due to high rainfall and caused a 30-m section of Nam Long Shan Road to collapse. The slope consists of weathered tuffs with a clay layer on the surface ofthe failure. A hydrogeological study was carried out by saturated finite difference grid model, MODFLOW, for the slope at the Shum Wan Road area. From the ground-water model, it was found...

in order to prevent contamination of heavy metals accumlation in soil, plant, and ground water, several methods of prevention are studied, and tested worldwide. one of the method which has not been studied and applied in iran is stabilization of heavy metals in soil by using clay minerals. clay minerals due to hydration properties can adsorb organic and inorganic substances. two clay minerals w...