Free swell ratio and clay mineralogy of fine-grained soils

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 220-225

  Prakash, K ^a   Sridharan, A ^b  

^a SRI JAYACHAMARAJENDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Fine grained soils; Free swell ratio; Sediment volume; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL TESTING; SWELLING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FINE GRAINED SOILS; FREE SWELL RATIO;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 1642359892     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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