Effects of Fe-oxides cementation on the deformation characteristics of a highly weathered old alluvium in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 119-130

  Zhang, Guoping ^a,b   Germaine, John T ^c   Whittle, Andrew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvium; Cementation; Consolidation; Deformation; Fe oxides; Microstructure; Mineralogy; Smectite; Weathering (IGC: D3 D5 D6)

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CONSOLIDATION; DEFORMATION; IRON OXIDES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; STRAIN; WEATHERING; YIELD STRESS;

ALLUVIUM; CEMENTATION; FE-OXIDES; SMECTITE; WEATHERING (IGC:D3/D5/D6);

SOILS;

EID: 4744369036     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.43.4_119     Document Type: Article

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