The water retention properties of a natural unsaturated loess from northern France

Geotechnique

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-106

  Munoz Castelblanco J A ^a   Pereira, J M ^a   Delage, P ^a   Cui, Y J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Laboratory tests; Permeability; Suction

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; CLAY FRACTIONS; FILTER PAPER METHOD; FILTER PAPERS; HEAVY RAINS; HIGH SPEED TRAINS; HIGH-CAPACITY; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERGRAIN PORES; LABORATORY TEST; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; NATURAL VARIATION; NATURAL WATER CONTENT; SEASONAL CHANGES; STABILITY PROBLEM; SUCTION; SUCTION MEASUREMENTS; UNSATURATED LOESS; WATER RETENTION; WATER RETENTION CURVE; WATER RETENTION PROPERTIES; WET AND DRY;

ADSORPTION; HYSTERESIS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MERCURY (METAL); MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTILE BLENDS;

HEAVY WATER;

CLAY SOIL; LABORATORY METHOD; LOESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SUCTION; TENSIOMETER; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION;

FRANCE;

EID: 84857667984     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.9.P.084     Document Type: Article

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