The engineering properties and behaviour of the brickearth of south Essex

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-161

  Northmore, K J ^a   Bell, F G ^b   Culshaw, M G ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Collapse; Compressibility; Engineering properties; Loess; Settlement

Indexed keywords

BRICKEARTH; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; LOESS; MINERALOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

UK, ENGLAND, ESSEX;

EID: 0030442728     PISSN: 04812085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEGH.1996.029.P2.04     Document Type: Article

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