Impact of initial state on the fabric and permeability of a lime-treated silt under long-term leaching

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1243-1257

  Le Runigo, B ^a   Cuisinier, O ^a,c   Cui, Y J ^b   Ferber, V ^a   Deneele, D ^a  

^a Laboratoire Central des Fonts et Chaussées   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fabric; Initial state; Leaching; Lime treated silt; Permeability

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPACTION; DURABILITY; FABRICS; LEACHING; LEVEES; LIME; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS;

INITIAL PERMEABILITY; INITIAL STATE; LIME-TREATED SOILS; LONG TERM BEHAVIOURS; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; LONG-TERM LEACHING; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY TESTS; SOIL MICROSTRUCTURES;

WATER TREATMENT;

COMPACTION; DURABILITY; IMPACT; LEACHING; LIME; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; SILT; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 70449365917     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T09-061     Document Type: Article

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