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Project #8: Toboggan Hill

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GEOMORPHIC SETTING: Toboggan Hill is artificial mound (hill) consisting of industrial waste covered with a clay cap and top soil layer (Fig. 1). Toboggan runs were constructed on one side of the hill. The facility was incorporated into a county park running along Edward Hines Drive and paralleling the Rouge River.

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  • Gray, D.H. (2001). Combined Use/Installation of Rolled Erosion Control Products with Soil Bioengineering Measures. Proceedings, 15th GSI/GRI Conference, Houston, TX

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  • Gray, D.H. and Koerner, R.M. (2002). Post Closure Beneficial Uses of Landfills. Proceedings, 16th GSI/GRI Conference, Philadelphia, PA

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Goldsmith, W., Gray, D., McCullah, J. (2014). Project #8: Toboggan Hill. In: Bioengineering Case Studies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7996-3_9

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