Partially saturated tailings sand below the phreatic surface

Geotechnique

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 577-585

  Fourie, A B ^a   Hofmann, B A ^b   Mikula, R J ^c   Lord, E R F ^d   Robertson, P K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^c SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ground freezing; Liquefaction; Microscopy; Partial saturation; Pore pressures; Sands

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRAULICS; PORE PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; TAILINGS;

LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY;

SAND;

GROUND FREEZING; LIQUEFACTION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SAND; SATURATION; TAILINGS;

EID: 0035467311     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2001.51.7.577     Document Type: Article

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