Bio-mediated soil improvement

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-210

  DeJong, Jason T ^a   Mortensen, Brina M ^b   Martinez, Brian C ^b   Nelson, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio mediated; Bio soil; Calcite precipitation; Geotechnical engineering; Ground improvement; Microbes; Microbial induced calcite precipitation; Soil improvement

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; GEOPHYSICAL PROCESS; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MICROBES; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PORE SPACE; SOIL ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; TREATMENT PROCESS; UPSCALING;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PROCESS MONITORING; SOIL MECHANICS;

SOILS;

CALCITE; DEGRADATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LOADING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; PORE SPACE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; TRAINING; UPSCALING;

EID: 74149091659     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.029     Document Type: Article

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