Quick clays of eastern canada
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In this paper, the results of research carried out during the past fifteen years on the quick clays of eastern Canada are described, and the important influence of rate of loading has revealed the need of careful interpretation of laboratory tests for field application.About:
This article is published in Engineering Geology.The article was published on 1968-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 71 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Quick condition & Quick clay.read more
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Pore Size Distributions in Clays
TL;DR: In this article, the pore size distributions and total porosity of a number of reference clays, naturally-occurring subsoils, and commercial clay samples prepared in various ways were determined by mercury porosimetry.
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Ambient seismic noise monitoring of a clay landslide: Toward failure prediction
Guénolé Mainsant,Eric Larose,Cornelia Brönnimann,Denis Jongmans,Clément Michoud,Michel Jaboyedoff +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors applied the ambient seismic noise correlation technique to measure the variation in the seismic surface wave velocity in the Pont Bourquin landslide (Swiss Alps) in 2010.
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Thermal conductivity of frozen soils
TL;DR: In this article, thermal conductivity measurements of two frozen soils, Leda clay and Sudbury silty clay, taken at temperatures between 0 and −22 °C by means of a thermal probe and a transient heat flow technique, were performed.
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Fabric of Leda clay investigated by optical, electron-optical, and X-ray diffraction methods
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between fabric and palaeosalinity data for Leda clay has been investigated using X-ray diffraction studies, showing that fabric was more affected by conditions at the time of deposition than by subsequent events.
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Dynamics of Rapid Landslides
TL;DR: A range of strength loss mechanisms, reviewed in this article, can occur instantly during the process of failure, through loss of cohesion, liquefaction of granular material or remoulding of sensitive clay.
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Engineering geology of Norwegian normally consolidated marine clays as related to settlements of buildings
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the various geological processes which can take place with time in the Norwegian normally-consolidated marine clays, and which will lead to changes of the geotechnical properties.
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Geotechnical Properties of Norwegian Marine Clays
TL;DR: The majority of the late glacial marine clays in Norway have been subjected to a leaching by fresh water due to a land elevation, resulting in a reduced salt concentration in the pore water as mentioned in this paper.
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Clay in engineering geology
TL;DR: The origin and evolution of Clay Minerals and Clays are discussed in this paper. But they focus on the physical properties of clays and do not consider the chemical properties of the clays.
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Interpretation of the consolidation test
TL;DR: In this article, a laboratory investigation of compression rates, under incremental and continuous loading, showed that the compressibility of an undisturbed sensitive clay was greatly influenced by the rate of compression.
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The fabric of anisotropically consolidated sensitive marine clay
R M Quigley,C D Thompson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between soil fabric and the anisotropic consolidation characteristics of a sensitive, highly flocculated marine clay has been studied using x-ray diffraction techniques.