Compressibility Relations for Peat and Organic Soil

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Gunaratne, Manjriker ^a   Stinnette, Pamela ^a   Gray Mullins, A ^a   Kuo, Ching L ^b   Echelberger Jr , Wayne F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Professional Services Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Organic soil; Peat, ultimate settlement

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PEAT; RHEOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

GIBSON LO RHEOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIC SOIL; ULTIMATE SETTLEMENT;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 0031701236     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte11963j     Document Type: Article

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