Thixotropic strength measurement of oil sand fine tailings

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 974-984

  Suthaker, Nagula N ^a   Scott, J Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavity expansion test; Fine tailings; Thixotropy; Vane shear; Viscometer

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; CLAY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONSOLIDATION; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OIL SANDS; SILT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VISCOMETERS; WATER;

CAVITY EXPANSION TESTS; THIXOTROPY; VANE SHEAR TESTS;

TAILINGS;

OIL SAND; STRENGTH; TAILINGS; THIXOTROPY;

EID: 0031393949     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t97-064     Document Type: Article

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