Geotechnical engineering practice for collapsible soils

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 333-355

  Houston, Sandra L ^a   Houston, William N ^a   Zapata, Claudia E ^a   Lawrence, Chris ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid soils; Collapsible soils; Identification; Mitigation; Wetting

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITION; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; SOILS; WETTING; WIND;

MITIGATION;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; SOIL MOISTURE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0035690491     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013178226615     Document Type: Article

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