The use of field geophysical techniques to determine geotechnical stiffness parameters

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-42

  Matthews, M C ^a,b,c   Clayton, C R I ^a,b,c   Own, Y ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Site investigation

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; ROCK MECHANICS; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS;

SHEAR STIFFNESS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; SEISMIC METHOD; STIFFNESS;

EID: 0034004034     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2000.143.1.31     Document Type: Article

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