Strengthening of Soft Marine Clay Using Bioencapsulation

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 325-329

  Ivanov, V ^a   Chu, J ^a   Stabnikov, V ^b   Li, B ^c  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Ukraine)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

biocementation; compressive strength; encapsulation; marine clay

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ENCAPSULATION; UREA;

BIOCEMENTATION; BIOENCAPSULATION; CLAY AGGREGATES; MARINE CLAYS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

AGGREGATE; CEMENTATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ENCAPSULATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOFT CLAY;

EID: 84921928461     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1064119X.2013.877107     Document Type: Article

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