Index properties of a highly weathered old alluvium

Geotechnique

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 441-451

  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; Mineralogy; Residual soils; Soil classification

Indexed keywords

DRYING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; SHRINKAGE; WEATHERING;

ALLUVIUM; INDEX PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL DISINTEGRATION; REMOULDING;

SILT;

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

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

EID: 4744342403     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2004.54.7.441     Document Type: Article

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