Geotechnical characteristics of post-glacial organic sediments in Lake Bergsee, southern Black Forest, Germany

Engineering Geology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-102

  Becker, A ^a   Bucher, F ^a   Davenport, C A ^b   Flisch, A ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geotechnical properties; Gyttja; Holocene; Lake Bergsee; Organic lake sediments; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FORESTRY; LAKES; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORE DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTS;

GEOTECHNICAL METHODS; GERMANY; ORGANIC SEDIMENTS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; GYTTJA; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 2642527005     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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