Mechanical compaction behaviour of natural clays and implications for pore pressure estimation

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-79

  Goulty, N R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clay; Effective stress; Pore pressure; Void ratio; Yield envelope

Indexed keywords

EID: 83155181261     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079302-552     Document Type: Article

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