Estimation of spatial correlation of soil parameters based on data from the Texas A & M University NGES

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 121 SPEC., 2003, Pages 29-40

  Akkaya, Aysen Dener ^a   Vanmarcke, Erik H ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; RELIABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING;

SOIL EXPLORATION; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PROPERTIES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037220456     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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