Deformation of a soft estuarine deposit under a geotextile reinforced embankment

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 603-617

  Kelln, Curtis ^a   Sharma, Jitendra ^b   Hughes, David ^a   Gallagher, Gabriel ^c,d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Ferguson McIlveen   (United Kingdom)

^d Glover Site Investigation Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case history; Embankment; Reinforcement; Soft clay; Vertical drainage

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; EMBANKMENTS; ESTUARIES; GEOTEXTILES; MONITORING; SOIL MECHANICS;

ELASTIC-PLASTIC SOIL MODELS; GEOTEXTILE REINFORCED EMBANKMENT;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CONSTRUCTION; EMBANKMENTS; ESTUARIES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GEOTEXTILES; MONITORING; SOIL MECHANICS;

DEFORMATION; EMBANKMENT; GEOTEXTILE; LOADING; REINFORCEMENT; SOFT CLAY; SOFT SOIL;

EID: 34547778010     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T07-007     Document Type: Article

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