Geotechnical evaluation of Turkish clay deposits: A case study in northern Turkey

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 937-950

  Kalkan, Ekrem ^a   Bayraktutan, M Salih ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Petroleum Pipeline Corporation   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clay deposits; Free swell; Geotechnical application; Geotechnical evaluation; Swelling pressure

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CLAY ALTERATION; CLAY DEPOSITS; GARNETS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFATE MINERALS; TECHNOLOGY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER CONTENT; WEIGHT CONTROL;

CASE STUDIES; CLAY SOILS; COMPACTED CLAY LINERS; CONDUCTIVITY PROPERTIES; DRY UNIT WEIGHT; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; ERZURUM; FREE SWELL; FREE SWELLS; GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATION; GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL EVALUATION; GROUND WATERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-PLASTICITY; LATE OLIGOCENE; MIOCENE; OPTIMUM WATER CONTENT; SEDIMENTARY UNITS; SMECTITE; SWELLING PRESSURE; SWELLING PRESSURES; TURKISH; VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BARRIERS; VOLCANICS;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; CLAY SOIL; EOCENE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SOIL POLLUTION; SWELLING; WATER CONTENT;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 49749122963     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1044-8     Document Type: Article

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