Relationship between electrical resistivity and basic geotechnical parameters for marine clays

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1158-1168

  Long, Michael ^a   Limacher, R ^a   Donohue, S ^a,b   L'Heureux, J S ^c,d   Solberg, I L ^c   Ronning J S ^c,e   O'Connor, P ^f   Sauvin, G ^d,g,h   Romoen M ^d   Lecomte, I ^d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f Gorey Co   (Ireland)

^g NORSAR   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Laboratory testing; Marine clay; Norway; Quick clay; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CLAY CONTENT; CONE PENETRATION TESTS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEOTECHNICAL INDEX; GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH PLASTICITY; LABORATORY TESTING; MARINE CLAYS; NORWAY; PLASTICITY INDICES; PORE FLUIDS; QUICK CLAY; RESISTIVITY VALUES; SALT CONTENT; SCALE EFFECTS; SOIL PARAMETERS; STRENGTH VALUES;

GEOPHYSICS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CLAY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOPHYSICS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LABORATORY METHOD; PENETRATION TEST; PLASTICITY; POREWATER; SOIL MECHANICS;

NORWAY;

EID: 84867786436     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T2012-080     Document Type: Article

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