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Swale (landform)
Related publications (5)
Firn Meltwater Retention on the Greenland Ice Sheet: A Model Comparison
Runoff has recently become the main source of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet and is an important contributor to global sea level rise. Linking runoff to surface meltwater production is complex, as meltwater can be retained within the firn by refree ...
Frontiers Media Sa2017Road runoff management using over-the-shoulder infiltration: real-scale experimentation
Aurèle Parriaux, Michaël Bensimon, Pascal Piguet
A new management policy regarding road runoff was proposed in 2002 by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). This new concept is based on the diffuse infiltration of road runoff into embankment slopes, where soils will filter particles and co ...
IWA Publishing2009The diffuse infiltration of road runoff: an environmental improvement
Aurèle Parriaux, Michaël Bensimon, Pascal Piguet
The Laboratory of Engineering and Environmental Geology (GEOLEP) has been mandated by Swiss authorities (Swiss Federal Road Office FedRO) to test a new road runoff management concept. This concept promotes the diffuse infiltration of road runoff into infil ...
2008Depuration of highway runoff water into grass-covered embankments
The management of polluted road runoff water is an important issue in environmental protection. A strategy could be to perform local depuration by infiltration into the soils of the embankment, but knowledge for designing such systems is lacking. This stud ...
2008Road runoff over the shoulder diffuse infiltration
A new concept of road runoff management, based on diffuse infiltration over the shoulder, was tested in a real-scale experimentation site located near Grandson, Switzerland. This new concept consists in diffusely infiltrating the road runoff in the infiltr ...
EPFL2007