Suction effects in deep Boom Clay block samples

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-244

  Delage, P ^a   Le, T T ^a   Tang, A M ^a   Gui, Y J ^a   Li, X L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b EIG Euridice   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clays; Laboratory tests; Radioactive waste disposal; Sampling; Suction

Indexed keywords

BOOM CLAY; LABORATORY METHOD; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SAMPLING; SUCTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 33947140190     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.2.239     Document Type: Article

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