Experimental compression of loose sands: Relevance to porosity reduction during burial in sedimentary basins

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 995-1011

  Chuhan, Fawad A ^a   Kjeldstad, Arild ^a   Bjørlykke, Knut ^a   Høeg, Kaare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Compression; Grain crushing; Grain size; High stress; Sand

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; CRUSHING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALOGY; SAND; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; YIELD STRESS;

LOGARITHMS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); COMPRESSION; POROSITY; SAND; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0346687493     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-050     Document Type: Article

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