A geological and geotechnical characterisation of the loess of Northern France

Advances in Geotechnical Engineering: The Skempton Conference - Proceedings of a Three Day Conference on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 417-428

  Cui, Y J ^a   Terpereu, J M ^b   Marcial, D ^c   Delage, P ^a   Antoine, P ^d   Marchadier, G ^b   Ye, W M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b SNCF   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CLAY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; REGIONAL PLANNING;

LOESS; WATER CONTENT;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 32544456487     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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