Construction and monitoring of a test embankment for evaluation of the impacts of climate change on UK transport infrastructure

Advances in Transportation Geotechnics - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 495-499

  Hughes, P N ^a   Glendinning, S ^a   Davies, O ^a   Mendes, J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE IMPACTS; ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILS; LONG TERM; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; RESEARCH FACILITIES; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES; TEST EMBANKMENTS; TESTING DATA; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE;

CANALS; COMPACTION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; EMBANKMENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; RESEARCH;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79952300600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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