Estimate of elastic shear modulus in holocene soil deposits

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 45-55

  Shibuya, Satoru ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Port and Harbour Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

elastic shear modulus; in situ seismic survey; sand; soft clay; stress; void ratio (IGC: D6 D7 D5 E8)

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; ELASTIC MODULI; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LAND RECLAMATION; SAND; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRAIN; SOILS; STRESSES;

ELASTIC SHEAR MODULUS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; FIELD AND LABORATORY TEST; OVER CONSOLIDATION RATIO; SEISMIC SURVEYS; SOFT CLAYS; UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH; VOID RATIOS;

CLAY DEPOSITS;

EID: 85066300533     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.36.4_45     Document Type: Article

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