Poisson's ratio and the porosity of surface soils and shallow sediments, determined from seismic compressional and shear wave velocities

Geotechnique

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 461-463

  Salem, H S ^a  

^a Atlantic Geo Technology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anistropy; Compressibility; Elasticity; Glacial soils; Seismicity; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC WAVES; FROZEN SOILS; LITHOLOGY; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

SEISMIC REFRACTION MEASUREMENTS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITIES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; SEDIMENT; SEISMIC WAVE; SOIL DYNAMICS; STRAIN; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0034253671     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2000.50.4.461     Document Type: Article

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