Influence of the microstructure in the collapse of a residual clayey tropical soil

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-116

  Gutierrez, Nelcí Helena Maia ^a   de Nóbrega, Maria Teresa ^a   Vilar, Orencio Monje ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Collapsible soils; Micromorphology; Microstructure; Residual soils

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY;

CLAYEY SOILS; COLLAPSE BEHAVIORS; COLLAPSE COEFFICIENTS; COLLAPSIBLE SOILS; CONSOLIDATION STRESS; INTERCONNECTIVITY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; OEDOMETER TESTS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PROFILE DEPTHS; RESIDUAL SOILS; SOIL PROFILES; TROPICAL SOILS;

SOILS;

CLAY SOIL; COLLAPSE; COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MICROAGGREGATE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; OEDOMETER TEST; RESIDUAL SOIL; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TEST;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 59749097963     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-008-0180-z     Document Type: Article

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