Weathering of Valle Ricca stiff and jointed clay

Engineering Geology

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 161-182

  Bozzano, Francesca ^a   Gaeta, Mario ^a   Marcoccia, Sabrina ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blue grey clay; Clay; Italy; Oxidation; Valle Ricca; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CLAY MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; IRON; MICA; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLASTICITY; TECTONICS; TEXTURES; WEATHERING;

BLUE-GREY CLAY; CHEMICAL CHANGES; ITALY; PHYSICAL CHANGES; TEXTURAL CHANGES;

CLAY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PLASTICITY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TEXTURE; WEATHERING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646538081     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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