Stress‐strain behavior of surficial carbonate sediments from key west, florida, usa

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-362

  Silva, Armand J ^a   Pizzimenti, Paul B ^b  

^a MUESER RUTLEDGE CONSULTING ENGINEERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate sediments; Cementation; CIU triaxial testing; Dry tortugas; Flow pump; Hyperbolic model; Marquesas keys; Microstructure; Particle crushing; Sediment; Strength behavior

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CONSOLIDATION; CRUSHING; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES;

CEMENTATION; DRY TORTUGAS; FLORIDA USA; FLOW PUMP; MARQUESAS KEYS; PARTICLE CRUSHING; SURFICIAL CARBONATE; TRIAXIAL STRENGTH TESTING PROGRAM;

SEDIMENTS;

CARBONATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; STRAIN; STRENGTH BEHAVIOUR; STRESS; STRESS/STRAIN; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

USA, FLORIDA, KEY WEST;

EID: 0031252013     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641199709379952     Document Type: Article

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