Vertical pore structure profile of a compacted clayey soil

Engineering Geology

Volumn 166, Issue , 2013, Pages 204-215

  Fener, Mustafa ^a   Yesiller, Nazli ^b  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compacted clay; Image analysis; Soil fabric; Soil structure; Vertical profile; Void distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPACTED CLAYS; SOIL FABRICS; SOIL STRUCTURE; VERTICAL PROFILE; VOID DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PORE STRUCTURE;

SOILS;

CLAY SOIL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE; VERTICAL PROFILE; VOID; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84887125911     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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