Subsurface exploration using the Standard Penetration Test and the Cone Penetrometer Test

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-179

  Rogers, J David ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone penetrometer; Drilling; Site characterization; Site exploration; Standard penetration test; Subsurface exploration

Indexed keywords

BORING; DRILLING; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

BOREHOLE LOGGING; CONE PENETRATION TEST; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; EXPLORATION; GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 33845762308     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/12.2.161     Document Type: Article

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