Secondary compression of peat with or without surcharging

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 411-420

  Mesri, G ^a   Stark, T D ^a   Ajlouni, M A ^a   Chen, C S ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Sino Geotechnology Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; CONSOLIDATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY);

SECONDARY COMPRESSION;

PEAT;

COMPRESSION; PEAT; SECONDARY; SURCHARGING;

EID: 0031148912     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)1090-0241(1997)123:5(411)     Document Type: Article

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