Spatial variability of soil properties: Two case studies

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 75 I, 1998, Pages 568-579

  Popescu, Radu ^a   Prevost, Jean H ^b   Deodatis, George ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CROSS CORRELATION FUNCTIONS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0031625111     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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