Geotextiles are permeable fabrics which, when used in association with soil, have the ability to separate, filter, reinforce, protect or drain. As the use of geotextile fabrics has expanded there has been the introduction of geotextile composites and the development of products such as geogrids and meshes. Overall these materials are referred to as geotextiles and related products. All have a wide range of applications and are currently used to advantage in many civil engineering applications including roads, airfields, railroads, embankments, retaining structures, reservoirs, canals, dams, bank protection and coastal engineering. 
Geomembranes are impermeable membranes used widely as cut-offs and liners. Until recent years, geomembranes were used mostly as canal and pond liners; however, one of the largest current applications is to the containment of hazardous or municipal wastes and their leachates. In many of these applications geomembranes are employed with geotextile or mesh underliners which reinforce or protect the more flexible geomembrane whilst also acting as an escape route for gases and leachates generated in certain wastes. 
The range of products and their applications has expanded rapidly over the last decade with geotextiles and geomembranes being specified world wide. This rapid growth is paralleled by a virtual explosion of technology. Current reference books and even manufacturers' sponsored publications tend to date very quickly and the need for a vehicle to bring together and discuss the growing body of technology now available has become evident. 
Geotextiles and Geomembranes fills this need and provides a forum for the dissemination of information amongst research workers, designers, users and manufacturers. By providing a growing fund of information the journal increases general awareness, prompts further research and assists in the establishment of international codes and regulations. 

Original research papers, case studies, technical notes, geosynthetics-related professional practice, book reviews, reports of conferences and meetings, letters to the editor.

Editors-in-Chief
R. Kerry Rowe
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Email R. Kerry Rowe
Chung-Sik Yoo
Sungkyunkwan University Civil Architectural and Environmental System Engineering, Suwon, Republic of Korea Email Chung-Sik Yoo
Associate Editors
D.T. Bergado
Asian Institute of Technology Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Khlong Nueng, Thailand Email D.T. Bergado
A. Bouazza
Monash University Department of Civil Engineering, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Email A. Bouazza
J. Castro
University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain Email J. Castro
J.C. Chai
Saga University Faculty of Science and Engineering Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Saga, Japan Email J.C. Chai
M. Coop
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Email M. Coop
T. Katsumi
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Email T. Katsumi
G. M. Latha
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India Email G. M. Latha
B. Leshchinsky
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States Email B. Leshchinsky
M. Meguid
McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada Email M. Meguid
N. Moraci
University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy Email N. Moraci
E.M. Palmeira
University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil Email E.M. Palmeira
K. Rajagopal
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India Email K. Rajagopal
Editorial Board
F.B. Abdelaal
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
R. J. Bathurst
Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
B. Baudet
University College London, London, United Kingdom
C. H. Benson
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
A. Bezuijen
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Ö Bilgin
University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States
P.L. Bourdeau
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
R.W.I. Brachman
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
H. Brandl
TU Wien University, Wien, Austria
L. Briancon
National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
M.D.T. Casagrande
University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil
D. Cazzuffi
CESI SpA, Milano, Italy
N. C. Consoli
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Department of Civil Engineering, PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil
A. Diambra
University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
S.J.M. van Eekelen
Deltares, Delft, Netherlands
L. Festugato
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Department of Civil Engineering, PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil
A. Fourie
The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
G. Fowmes
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
P. J. Fox
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
W. Guo
Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
K. Hatami
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Y. G. Hsuan
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
J. Huang
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States
C.J.F.P. Jones
Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
E. Kavazanjian
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
R.M. Koerner
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
J. Lafleur
Montreal Polytechnic, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
C. Lake
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
C. Lawson
TenCate Geosynthetics Asia Sdn Bhd, Shah Alam, Malaysia
K.W. Liu
Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
R.L. Michalowski
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
S.N. Moghaddas Tafreshi
KN Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
B.L.J. Mylleville
exp Services Inc., Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
J. Otani
Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
C. Rujikiatkamjorn
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
C. D. Shackelford
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
S-L. Shen
Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Fahua Campus, Shanghai, China
T. Stark
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
S-A. Tan
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
F. Tatsuoka
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
N. Touze
Environmental Science and Technology Research Unit, Antony, France
P. Villard
University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
K. Werth
German Association for Geotechnics, Germany
Y. Yu
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
T. L. T. Zhan
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
J. Zornberg
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States