A discussion of the application of mercury intrusion porosimetry for the investigation of soils, including an evaluation of its use to estimate volume change in compacted clayey soils

Geotechnique

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 421-426

  Simms, P H ^a   Yanful, E K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compacted clay; Soil microstructure; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPACTION; POROSITY; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 4444294332     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2004.54.6.421     Document Type: Article

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