Dewatering and the hydraulic properties of soft, sulfidic, coastal clay soils

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  White, Ian ^a   Smiles, David E ^b   Santomartino, Silvana ^a,c   Van Oploo, Pam ^d   Macdonald, Bennett C T ^a   Waite, T David ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Dewatering; Hydraulic properties; Marine clays; Soptivity; Swelling soils

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; DRAINAGE; GELS; HYDRAULICS; SLURRIES; SOILS; SWELLING;

INDUSTRIAL SLURRIES; SATURATED SWELLING SOILS;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLAY; COASTAL ZONE; DEWATERING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION; SWELLING;

CLAY SOIL; COASTAL ZONE; DEWATERING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; SWELLING;

EID: 1542437229     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001324     Document Type: Article

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