Liquid limit and the temperature sensitivity of clays

Engineering Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-109

  Jefferson, Ian ^a   Rogers, Christopher David Foss ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LIQUID LIMITS; SMECTITE;

KAOLIN;

ATTERBERG LIMIT; CLAY; LIQUID LIMIT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 0032489334     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(97)00077-X     Document Type: Article

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