Settlement characteristics of clayey soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 290-300

  Singh, S K ^a   Srivastava, R K ^b   John, Siby ^a  

^a PEC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Degree of contamination; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Settlement characteristics

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; KEROSENE;

DEGREE OF CONTAMINATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; SETTLEMENT CHARACTERISTICS;

CLAY;

EID: 42549108332     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380802007028     Document Type: Article

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