Physicochemical sensitivities of tropical peat to electrokinetic environment

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-75

  Asadi, Afshin ^a   Huat, Bujang B K ^a   Hanafi, Mohamed M ^a   Mohamed, Thamer A ^a   Shariatmadari, Nader ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amorphous peat; Electrokinetic treatment; Fibric peat; Undrained shear strength; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952082152     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-010-0008-2     Document Type: Article

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