Laboratory characterization of steeply dipping expansive bedrock in the rocky mountain front range

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1162-1171

  Likos, William J ^a   Lu, Ning ^b   Sharkey, Kevin J ^c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c Yeh and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedrock; Expansive soils; Plasticity; Rocky Mountains; Shale; Shrinkage; Soil suction; Swelling

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; EXCAVATION; HAZARDS; MINERALOGY; MOISTURE; PLASTICITY; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SWELLING;

BEDROCK; EXPANSIVE SOILS; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; SOIL SUCTION;

ROCKS;

EXPANSIVE SOIL; SWELLING;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24944463848     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:9(1162)     Document Type: Article

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