Development of structure in sedimenting soils

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 356, Issue 1747, 1998, Pages 2515-2534

  Sills, Gilliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Creep; Effective stress; Pore water pressure; Suspension; Void ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042920176     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1998.0284     Document Type: Article

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