Effect of organic content on geotechnical properties of Kuttanad clay

Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 16 U, Issue , 2011, Pages 1653-1663

  Thiyyakkandi, Sudheesh ^a   Annex, Shima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Kerala Land Development Corporation   (India)

Author keywords

Clay; Compaction; Consolidation; Organic content; Plasticity characteristics; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; COMPRESSIBLE CLAYS; EMBANKMENT FAILURE; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; HIGH ORGANIC; KERALA , INDIA; MAXIMUM DRY DENSITY; ORGANIC CONTENT;

CLAY; COMPACTION; CONSOLIDATION; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

SOIL TESTING;

CLAY SOIL; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONSOLIDATION; DRY DENSITY; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

INDIA; KERALA; KUTTANAD;

EID: 84856565815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10893032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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