Cementation of sands due to microbiologically-induced carbonate precipitation

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-93

  Fukue, Masaharu ^a   Ono, Shin Ichi ^a   Sato, Yoshio ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Cement; Microbes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; FIBROUS SHAPE; MICROBES; UREASE ACTIVITY;

CALCITE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATES; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS;

CARBONATION;

EID: 84859787634     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.51.83     Document Type: Article

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