Shear wave velocity monitoring of collapsible loessic brickearth soil

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-188

  Gunn, D A ^a   Nelder, L M ^a   Jackson, P D ^a   Northmore, K J ^a   Entwisle, D C ^a   Milodowski, A E ^a   Boardman, D I ^b   Zourmpakis, A ^b   Rogers, C D ^b   Jefferson, I ^b   Dixon, N ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density; Engineering properties; Geophysics; Load tests; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

IN SITU HYDRO-COLLAPSE; METASTABLE LOESSIC BRICKEARTH; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY MONITORING; SOIL COLLAPSE POTENTIAL IN SITU;

BRICK; CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GEOPHYSICS; LOAD TESTING; MOISTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR WAVES; STIFFNESS; VELOCITY;

SOILS;

COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; CONSOLIDATION; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; LOADING TEST; LOESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL MOISTURE; STIFFNESS;

EID: 33744762512     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/04-045     Document Type: Article

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