Effects of lime treatment on the hydraulic conductivity and microstructure of loess

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 14, 2018, Pages

  Gao, Yanyan ^a   Qian, Hui ^a   Li, Xinyan ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Jia, Hui ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dry density; Hydraulic conductivity; Lime content; Lime treated loess; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

DEGREE OF COMPACTION; DRY DENSITY; FOUNDATION ENGINEERING; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; MACRO- AND MESO-PORES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PORE CHARACTERISTICS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

LIME;

COMPACTION; CORRELATION; DRY DENSITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIME; LOESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SPACE; SOIL PROPERTY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; SHAANXI; YANAN;

EID: 85049776633     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-018-7715-9     Document Type: Article

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