Unexpected tunnelling volume losses in the Westminster area, London

Geotechnique

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-26

  Standing, J R ^a   Burland, J B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geology; Monitoring; Permeability; Settlement; Site investigation; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MONITORING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); TUNNELS;

SETTLEMENT; SITE INVESTIGATION;

GEOLOGY;

GROUND CONDITIONS; TUNNELING; URBAN AREA; VOLUME CHANGE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33144462886     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2006.56.1.11     Document Type: Article

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