Acoustic behavior at the fluid/solid transition of kaolinite suspensions

Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-92

  Green, Douglas H ^a   Esquivel Sirvent, Raul ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CLAY MINERALS; COLLOIDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHASE TRANSITIONS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; WATER;

ATTERBERG LIQUID LIMITS; KAOLINITE;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ACOUSTICS; BENTONITE; TRANSITION FLOW;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; FLUID MECHANICS; KAOLINITE; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 0032968535     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444534     Document Type: Article

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