Effects of geologic time on the initial stiffness of clays

Engineering Geology

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 98-111

  Santagata, Marika ^a   Kang, Yeoun Ike ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Clays; Seismic cone; Stiffness; Triaxial

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; STIFFNESS;

GEOLOGIC AGING; SEISMIC CONE;

CLAY;

AGING; CLAY; CONE PENETRATION TEST; GEOLOGICAL TIME; PENETROMETER; STIFFNESS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 33845571863     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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