Sulphate attack in lime-treated marine clay

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 93-116

  Rajasekaran, G ^a   Narasimha Rao, S ^b  

^a Aspecise Ltd   (Singapore)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Ettringite; Lime treatment; Marine clay; Sulphates; Swelling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY; LIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

COASTAL REGIONS; ETTRINGITE; LIME MIXING TECHNIQUES; MARINE CLAYS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

CLAY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 22344457677     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190590944926     Document Type: Article

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