Segregated Ice and Liquefaction Effects on Compaction of Fragipans

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 204-214

  Scalenghe, Riccardo ^a   Certini, Giacomo ^b   Corti, Giuseppe ^c   Zanini, Ermanno ^d   Ugolini, Fiorenzo C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DENSIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

LIQUEFACTION EFFECTS;

SOIL TESTING;

COMPACTION; FRAGIPAN; LIQUEFACTION; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0347930742     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.2040     Document Type: Article

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