Site characterization of Piedmont residual soils at the NGES, Opelika, Alabama

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 93, 2000, Pages 160-185

  Mayne, Paul W ^a   Brown, Dan ^b   Vinson, James ^c   Schneider, James A ^d   Finke, Kimberly A ^e  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Soil Testing Engineers Inc   (United States)

^d GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^e URS Greiner Woodward Clyde   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DILATOMETERS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; HYDROMETERS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING;

PIEZOCONE PENETROMETERS; RESIDUAL SOIL;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033892987     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784404843.ch07     Document Type: Article

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