Engineering geology of loess and loess-like deposits: A commentary on the Russian literature

Engineering Geology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 333-351

  Jefferson, I F ^a   Evstatiev, D ^b   Karastanev, D ^a   Mavlyanova, N G ^c   Smalley, I J ^a  

^a School of Property/Construction   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^c S YU YUNUSOV INSTITUTE OF THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT SUBSTANCES   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

Loess; Loess collapsibility; Loess distribution; Loess engineering problems; Loess in Former Soviet Union; Loess like deposits; Russian language loess studies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; STRATIGRAPHY;

LOESS;

SOILS;

COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOESS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0346667166     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(02)00236-3     Document Type: Article

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