Tensile test of natural microbiotic crust

Catena

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-143

  Wang, Zhen Ting ^a   Zhou, You He ^a   Zheng, Xiao Jing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microbiotic crust; Tensile test

Indexed keywords

CRUST; SANDY SOIL; SOIL STABILIZATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33746891217     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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