Geotechnical characterization of Macau marine deposits

Engineering Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 62-69

  Yan, W M ^a   Ma, Yongfeng ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Atterberg's limits; Clays; Critical state; Earth pressure coefficient at rest; Minerals; Undrained shear strength

Indexed keywords

ATTERBERG; ATTERBERG'S LIMITS; CRITICAL STATE; EARTH PRESSURE COEFFICIENT; EARTH PRESSURE COEFFICIENT AT REST; UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH;

CLAY MINERALS; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DEPOSITS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RETAINING WALLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CLAY DEPOSITS;

ATTERBERG LIMIT; COMPRESSIBILITY; CRITICAL STATE; GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PERMEABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOFT CLAY; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNDRAINED TEST;

CHINA; MACAU;

EID: 77952293438     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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