Role of gypsum on microstructure and strength of soil

Environmental Geotechnics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 78-89

  Jha, Arvind Kumar ^a   Sivapullaiah, Puvvadi V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Challenging problematic soils; Mineralogy; Strength and testing of materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021676470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/envgeo.13.00084     Document Type: Article

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