Virgin compression of structured soils

Geotechnique

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-57

  Liu, M D ^a   Carter, J P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Clays; Compressibility; Structure of soil

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPRESSION TESTING; SOIL TESTING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURED SOILS; VIRGIN COMPRESSION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLAY; COMPRESSION; SOIL STRUCTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033081592     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1999.49.1.43     Document Type: Article

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