Thixotropic behavior during shear of a fine-grained mud from Eastern Canada

Engineering Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-44

  Perret, D ^a,b   Locat, J ^a   Martignoni, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Consistency; Mudflow; Rock flour; Salinity; Thixotropy; Viscometry

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF SOLIDS; HYSTERESIS; KINEMATICS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOMETERS; YIELD STRESS;

FINE GRAINED MUD; MUDFLOW KINEMATICS; ROCK FLOUR; THIXOTROPY;

SOIL MECHANICS;

HYSTERESIS LOOP; MUD; SALINITY; SHEAR; THIXOTROPY; THIXOTROPY BEHAVIOUR; VISCOMETER;

EID: 0030208664     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7952(96)00031-2     Document Type: Article

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