Collapsibility, composition, and microstructure of loess in china

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 673-686

  Liu, Zhen ^a   Liu, Fengyin ^b   Ma, Fuli ^c   Wang, Mei ^c   Bai, Xiaohong ^c   Zheng, Yonglai ^d   Yin, Hang ^a   Zhang, Guoping ^e  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapsibility; Loess; Microstructure; Mineralogy; Particle morphology; Silt

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CALCITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY DEPOSITS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICA; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MIXTURES; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

COLLAPSIBILITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; LOESS; METASTABLE STRUCTURES; MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELING; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGREGATE SIZE; CALCITE; CEMENTATION; CLAY MINERAL; COLLAPSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; OEDOMETER TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84962033734     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2015-0285     Document Type: Article

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