Sedimentation and self-weight consolidation: General unifying theory

Geotechnique

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-113

  Toorman, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; PARTICLE SETTLING; SEDIMENTATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTATION; SOILS; THERMODYNAMICS;

GENERAL UNIFYING THEORY; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SELF WEIGHT CONSOLIDATION;

CONSOLIDATION;

EID: 0029667057     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1996.46.1.103     Document Type: Article

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