Discussion on tunis soft soil sensitivity

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 631-643

  Touiti, Lamia ^a   Bouassida, Mounir ^a   Van Impe, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity; Deposit process; Leaching out; Sensitivity; Shear strength; Tunis soft clay

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH-CONTENT; INCREASING SENSITIVITIES; MARINE DEPOSITS; SENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY VARIATION; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SOFT CLAYS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLAY SOIL; LEACHING; ORGANIC MATTER; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOFT SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 70349321136     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-009-9263-2     Document Type: Article

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