Drained residual shear strength of some claystones from Front Range, Colorado

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1543-1551

  Dewoolkar, Mandar M ^a   Huzjak, Robert J ^b  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b GEI CONSULTANTS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Colorado; Residual strength; Shale; Shear strength; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; PLASTICITY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHALE; SHEAR STRENGTH;

COLORADO; NORMAL STRESS; RESIDUAL FRICTION; RESIDUAL SHEAR STRENGTH;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CLAYSTONE; SHALE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 28444475899     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:12(1543)     Document Type: Article

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