Engineering geological properties of Miocene hard clays along the middle line of the North-South diversion water project in China

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-219

  Zhang, Yongshuang ^a   Qu, Yongxin ^b   Liu, Guolin ^c   Wu, Shuren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Huabei Senior Academy of Coal Mining   (China)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Engineering properties; Miocene hard clay; Shrink swell characteristics; Wetting and drying cycles

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EXCAVATION; SWELLING; WEATHERING;

ENGINEERING STRUCTURE;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

CANAL; CLAY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; HARD SOIL; MIOCENE; SHRINKAGE; SWELLING; WATER SUPPLY; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

CHINA;

EID: 0141638527     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-003-0195-4     Document Type: Article

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