A comparison of the fabric and permeability anisotropy of consolidated and sheared silty clay

Engineering Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 253-267

  Dewhurst, D N ^a,b   Brown, K M ^a,c   Clennell, M B ^a   Westbrook, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERMEAMETERS (MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY); ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

SHEAR ZONE; SILTY CLAY; UNLOADING PATH; VOID RATIO;

CLAY;

MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; SHEARING; SILTY CLAY; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0030186117     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7952(95)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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