Some possible interconnections between shrinkage cracking and gilgai

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-71

  Chertkov, V Y ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air filled horizontal cracks; Horizontal crack sealing; Horizontal crack shortening; Horizontal crack widening; Modelling; Surface microrelief; Swelling soil; Vertical cracks

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CRACK INITIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHRINKAGE; WETTING;

CLAY SOILS; GILGAI MICRORELIEF; MICRORELIEF; SHRINKAGE CRACKING;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CRACKING; MICRORELIEF; MODELING; SOIL STRUCTURE; SWELLING;

EID: 15044354441     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR04059     Document Type: Article

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