Seawater effect on consistency limits and compressibility characteristics of clays

Engineering Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 54-61

  Yukselen Aksoy, Yeliz ^a   Kaya, Abidin ^b   Ören, Ali Hakan ^c  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKAYA and Associates LLC   (United States)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clay mineral; Consistency limits; Consolidation; Pore fluid; Seawater; Sediment volume

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; BENTONITE; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; COMPRESSIBILITY; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SOILS;

AEGEAN SEAS; CLAYEY SOILS; COMPRESSIBILITY PROPERTIES; CONSISTENCY LIMITS; DISTILLED WATERS; HIGH PLASTICITIES; INDEX PROPERTIES; INDEX VALUES; LIQUID LIMITS; NATURAL SEAWATERS; NORMALIZED VALUES; PORE FLUID;

SEAWATER EFFECTS;

CLAY MINERAL; CLAY SOIL; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; LIQUID LIMIT; PLASTICITY; SEAWATER; SOIL TEST;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 54149120005     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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