Mechanical and hydraulic behaviour of a soft inorganic clay treated with lime

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 654-669

  Locat, Jacques ^a   Tremblay, Hélène ^a   Leroueil, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Dredged sediments; Hydraulic conductivity; Lime; Microstructure; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; INSTRUMENTS; LAND RECLAMATION; LIME; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; STABILIZATION; WATER;

ATTERBERG LIMIT; FLOCS; LIQUID LIMIT; LOUISEVILLE CLAY; MICROPORE NETWORK; OEDOMETER; PLASTIC LIMIT; POZZOLANIC REACTIONS;

CLAY;

CLAY; COMPRESSIBILITY; DREDGED SEDIMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIME; LIME TREATMENT; RECLAMATION;

EID: 0030209407     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-090-311     Document Type: Article

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