Fabric and hydraulic conductivity of sheared clays

Geotechnique

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 761-768

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Deformation; Fabric structure of soils; Permeability

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFORMATION; FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KAOLIN; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PERMEAMETERS (MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY); POROUS MATERIALS; SHEAR STRESS; SILT;

BARBADOS ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; FLOW PUMP METHOD; INDEX PROPERTIES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLAY; DEFORMATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0030454349     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1996.46.4.761     Document Type: Article

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