Physico-chemical effects on the behaviour of a coastal mudslide

Geotechnique

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-278

  Moore, R ^a   Brunsden, D ^b  

^a Rendel Geotechnics   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical properties; Clays; Landslides; Mineralogy; Pore pressures; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COASTAL ZONES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; IONS; MINERALOGY; PORE PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COASTAL MUDSLIDE; LABORATORY TESTS; PHYSICO CHEMICAL EFFECTS; PORE WATER ION CONCENTRATIONS; RESIDUAL SHEAR STRENGTH;

LANDSLIDES;

CLAY; COASTAL MUDSLIDE; LANDSLIDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0029666610     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1996.46.2.259     Document Type: Article

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