Microstructure of a compacted silt

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 150-158

  Delage, Pierre ^a   Audiguier, Martine ^b   Cui, Yu Jun ^a   Howat, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Clay hydration; Compacted soil; Mercury intrusion; Microstructure; Pore size distribution; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

COMPACTED SOIL; MICROSTRUCTURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0029729072     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-030     Document Type: Article

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