Pyrite oxidation in Lower Lias Clay at concrete highway structures affected by thaumasite, Gloucestershire, UK

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1015-1024

  Floyd, M ^a   Czerewko, M A ^b   Cripps, J C ^b   Spears, D A ^b  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gloucestershire; Lower Lias Clay; Pyrite; Sulfate; Thaumasite

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; OXIDATION; PYRITES;

HIGHWAY STRUCTURES;

CLAY;

EID: 0142155157     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(03)00125-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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