Physical characteristics of subglacial tills

Geotechnique

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Clarke, B G ^a   Hughes, D B ^a   Hashemi, S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Geology; Glacial soils; Site investigation

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRAVITATION;

FLUVIOGLACIAL DEPOSITS; GLACIAL SOILS; REGIONAL DATABASE; SITE INVESTIGATION;

SEDIMENTATION;

DATABASE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; OVERCONSOLIDATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TILL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38649113916     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2008.58.1.67     Document Type: Article

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