Relation between hydrogeological setting and swelling potential of clay-sulfate rocks in tunneling

Engineering Geology

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 204-214

  Butscher, Christoph ^a   Huggenberger, Peter ^b   Zechner, Eric ^b   Einstein, Herbert H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clay sulfate rocks; Groundwater flow; Swelling; Tunnel engineering

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION DAMAGED ZONES; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; NUMERICAL FLOW; RESTORATION MEASURES; SHORT CIRCUIT; SWELLING POTENTIAL; SWELLING PROCESS; SWITZERLAND; TRIASSIC; TUNNEL CROSSING; TUNNEL ENGINEERING; TUNNEL EXCAVATION; WATER FLOWS;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GYPSUM; HYDRAULICS; MINERALS; ROCKS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

SWELLING;

ANHYDRITE; CLAY; EXCAVATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GYPSUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SULFATE; SWELLING; TUNNELING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80053331943     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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