Geotechnical properties of an unsaturated pyroclastic soil from Roma

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-414

  Cattoni, Elisabetta ^a   Cecconi, Manuela ^a   Pane, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Hydraulic properties; Partial saturation; Pyroclastic; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; COMPRESSION TESTING; POZZOLAN; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY;

OEDOMETER TESTS; PARTIAL SATURATION; PRESSURE PLATE TESTS; PYROCLASTIC SOIL;

SOILS;

COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; OEDOMETER TEST; PRESSUREMETER; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBSOIL; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548749252     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-007-0096-z     Document Type: Article

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