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2018

Tobler, Dominique J. and Minto, James M. and El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca J. and Phoenix, Vernon R. (2018) Microscale analysis of fractured rock sealed with microbially induced CaCO3 precipitation : influence on hydraulic and mechanical performance. Water Resources Research. ISSN 1944-7973

Wong, Christopher and Pedrotti, Matteo and El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca J. (2018) A study on the mechanical interaction between soil and colloidal silica gel for ground improvement. Engineering Geology, 243. pp. 84-100. ISSN 0013-7952

El Mountassir, G. and Minto, J. M. and van Paassen, L. A. and Salifu, E. and Lunn, R. J. (2018) Applications of microbial processes in geotechnical engineering. In: Advances in Applied Microbiology. Advances in Applied Microbiology, 104 (1st). Elsevier. ISBN 9780128151822

Lunn, R.J. and Corson, L.T. and Howell, C. and El Mountassir, G. and Reid, C. and Harley, S.L. (2018) Could magnetic properties be used to image a grouted rock volume? Journal of Applied Geophysics, 155. pp. 162-175. ISSN 0926-9851

Minto, James M. and Tan, Qian and Lunn, Rebecca J. and El Mountassir, Grainne and Guo, Hongxian and Cheng, Xiaohui (2018) 'Microbial mortar'- restoration of degraded marble structures with microbially induced carbonate precipitation. Construction and Building Materials, 180. pp. 44-54. ISSN 0950-0618

Shashank, B.S. and Minto, James M. and Singh, Devendra Narain and El Mountassir, Grainne and Knapp, Charles W. (2018) Guidance for investigating calcite precipitation by urea hydrolysis for geomaterials. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 46 (4). ISSN 1945-7553

Lunn, Rebecca and Hamilton, Andrea and Pedrotti, Matteo and Bots, Pieter and Wong, Christopher and El Mountassir, Grainne and Renshaw, Joanna and Maddalena, Riccardo and Zhao, Cheng and Sun, Li and Stolkin, Rustam and Fairweather, Michael and Tovey, Lois and Boxall, Colin and Hriljac, Joseph and Hyatt, Neil and Kaltsoyannis, Nikolas and Lee, William and Read, David and Scott, Thomas (2018) The DISTINCTIVE university consortium : structural integrity. In: 44th Annual Waste Management Conference (WM2018). Waste Management Symposia, Inc., Tempe, Arizona, pp. 6195-6209. ISBN 9781510867642

2017

Pedrotti, M. and Wong, C. and El Mountassir, G. and Lunn, R. J. (2017) An analytical model for the control of silica grout penetration in natural groundwater systems. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 70. pp. 105-113. ISSN 0886-7798

Yang, Wenbin and Lunn, Rebecca J and Tarantino, Alessandro and El Mountassir, Grainne (2017) Laboratory testing of a MEMS sensor system for in-situ monitoring of the engineered barrier in a geological disposal facility. Geosciences, 7 (38). ISSN 2076-3263

2016

Minto, James M. and MacLachlan, Erica Christine and El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca J. (2016) Rock fracture grouting with microbially induced carbonate precipitation. Water Resources Research. ISSN 0043-1397

2015

Leung, A. K. and Anastasopoulos, I. X. and Augarde, C. and Barreto, D. and Brennan, A. J. and Brown, M. J. and Connolly, D. and Coombs, W. M. and Davies, T. and Gao, Z. and Ivanovic, A. and Kenny, M. J. and Knappett, J. A. and Lombardi, D. and McDougall, J. and Medero, G. M. and Wood, D. M. and El Mountassir, G. and Osman, A. S. and Pytharouli, S. and Sentenac, P. and Stewart, B. and Switzer, C. and Tarantino, A. and Wheeler, S. J. and Woodward, P. K. and Zielinski, M. (2015) An overview of research activities and achievement in geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN). In: Parameter Selection and Monitoring; Developments in Education and Practice. ICE Publishing, pp. 4289-4294. ISBN 9780727760678

Reid, Christopher and Lunn, Rebecca and El Mountassir, Grainne and Tarantino, Alessandro (2015) A mechanism for bentonite buffer erosion in a fracture with a naturally varying aperture. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (6). pp. 1485-1494. ISSN 0026-461X

2014

El Mountassir, Grainne and Sanchez, Marcelo and Romero, Enrique (2014) An experimental study on the compaction and collapsible behaviour of a flood defence embankment fill. Engineering Geology, 179. pp. 132-145. ISSN 0013-7952

El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca and Moir, Heather and MacLachlan, Erica Christine (2014) Hydrodynamic coupling in microbially mediated fracture mineralization : formation of self-organized groundwater flow channels. Water Resources Research, 50 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 0043-1397

2013

MacLachlan, Erica Christine and El Mountassir, Grainne and Lunn, Rebecca (2013) Use of bacterial ureolysis for improved gelation of silica sol in rock grouting. Geotechnique Letters, 3 (4). 180–184. ISSN 2045-2543

Tarantino, Alessandro and El Mountassir, Grainne (2013) Making unsaturated soil mechanics accessible for engineers : preliminary hydraulic-mechanical characterisation and stability assessment. Engineering Geology, 165. pp. 89-104. ISSN 0013-7952

2012

Sanchez, Marcelo and El Mountassir, Grainne and Romero, Enrique (2012) Estudio de rellenos compactadow utilizados en la construccion de ataguias en Indonesia. Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil, 12 (1). pp. 91-96. ISSN 1936-1483

2011

El Mountassir, G. and Sanchez, M. and Romero, E. and Soemitro, R. A. A. (2011) Behaviour of compacted silt used to construct flood embankment. Proceedings of the ICE - Geotechnical Engineering, 164 (3). pp. 195-210.

Tarantino, Alessandro and Gallipoli, D. and Augarde, C.E. and De Gennaro, V. and Gomez, R. and Laloui, L. and Mancuso, C. and El Mountassir, Grainne and Munoz, J. and Pereira, J-M. and Peron, H and Pisoni, G. and Romero, E. and Raveendiraraj, A and Rojas, J.C. and Toll, D.G. and Tombolato, S. and Wheeler, S. (2011) Benchmark of experimental techniques for measuring and controlling suction. Geotechnique, 61 (4). 303 –312. ISSN 0016-8505

El Mountassir, Grainne and Sanchez, Marcelo (2011) Behaviour of a collapsible structured unsaturated fill material. PhD thesis, UNSPECIFIED.

2009

McCloskey, G. and Sanchez, M. and Romero, E. (2009) Characterisation, mechanical and microstructural behaviour of an unsaturated silt. In: Unsaturated Soils. CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 51-56. ISBN 9780415804806

2008

McCloskey, G. and Sanchez, M. and Dyer, M. and Kenny, M. (2008) Behaviour of a silt used in flood embankment construction in Indonesia. In: Unsaturated Soils : Advances in Geo-Engineering. CRC Press, London, pp. 465-469. ISBN 9780415476928

McCloskey, G. and Sanchez, M. and Dyer, M. and Soemitro, R. A. A. (2008) Experimental behaviour of a compacted silt used in a flood defence embankment in Indonesia. In: Proceedings of International Conference on Geotechnical & Highway Engineering. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 9789834261344