Influence of amorphous clay-size materials on soil plasticity and shrink-swell behavior

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1026-1031

  Wan, Yongshan ^a   Kwong, James ^b   Brandes, Horst G ^c   Jones, Rollin C ^c  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Expansion; Plasticity; Shrinkage; Soils

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; PLASTICITY; SHRINKAGE; SILICA; SOILS; SWELLING; VOLCANOES; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

VOLCANIC ASH;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CLAY MINERAL; EXPANSION; PLASTICITY; SHRINKAGE; SOIL PROPERTY; VOLCANIC SOIL;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 0036901157     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2002)128:12(1026)     Document Type: Article

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