Relationship between clay content, clay type, and shrinkage properties of soil samples

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1145-1153

  Boivin, Pascal ^a   Garnier, Patricia ^b   Tessier, Daniel ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHRINKAGE; SWELLING;

QUASI-CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; STRUCTURAL SHRINKAGE;

CLAY;

CLAY MINERAL; PORE SPACE; SHRINKAGE; SOIL CRACKING; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 3142689878     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.1145     Document Type: Article

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