Nineteenth Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium: The soil-water characteristic curve: a historical perspective

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 873-894

  Barbour, S Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Permeability; Shear strength; Soil water characteristic curve; Suction; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

FOUNDATIONS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; UNSATURATED SOILS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SUCTION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0032194556     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-040     Document Type: Article

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