Water retention properties of a mine chalk

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 147, 2006, Pages 1371-1381

  De Gennaro, Vincenzo ^a   Sorgi, Claudia ^b   Delage, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLAY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; MINES; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHALKS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY (MIP); WATER RETENTION;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33845529659     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40802(189)113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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