Soil structure of a highly weathered old alluvium

Geotechnique

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 453-466

  Zhang, G ^a   Germaine, J T ^b   Whittle, A J ^b   Ladd, C C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Expansive soils; Fabric structure of soils; Microscopy; Mineralogy; Residual soils

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; DISSOLUTION; IRON; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; WEATHERING;

ALLUVIUM; CATION EXCHANGE; SLAKING;

SOILS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RESIDUAL SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE; WEATHERED MEDIUM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; SAN JUAN [PUERTO RICO];

EID: 4744339865     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2004.54.7.453     Document Type: Article

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