On the collapse susceptibility of the loess of northern France;Sur la susceptibilité à l'effondrement des loess du nord de la France

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 495-498

  Cui, Y J ^a   Delage, P ^a   Marcial, D ^b   Terpereau, J M ^c   Marchadier, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c SNCF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE CONTENT; GEOTECHNICAL; HIGH SPEED TRAIN (HST); MICROSTRUCTURE INVESTIGATIONS; OEDOMETERS; STABILITY PROBLEM;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 34249300353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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