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1 online resource (212 pages) |
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Front Cover; Table of contents; Preface; Committees; Keynote Lectures; Sensitive pyroclastic-derived halloysitic soils in northern New Zealand: Interplay of microstructure, minerals, and geomechanics; Mechanical behavior of volcanic rocks; From micro to macro: An investigation of the geomechanical behaviour of pumice sand; Climatic effects on pore-water pressure, deformation and stress mobilization of a vegetated volcanic soil slope in Hong Kong |
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Unstable geotechnical problems of columnar jointed rock mass and volcanic tuff soil induced by underground excavation: A case study in the Baihetan hydropower station, ChinaSession 1: Structural features of volcanic materials; A microand macro-scale investigation of the geotechnical properties of a pyroclastic flow deposit of the Colli Albani; New geotechnical classification proposed for low density pyroclastic rocks; Alteration of volcanic rocks on the geothermal fields of Kuril-Kamchatka arc |
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Hydrothermally altered rocks as a field of dangerous slope processes (the Geysers Valley, Kamchatka peninsula, Russia)Effects of compaction conditions on undrained strength and arrangements of soil particles for Shikotsu volcanic soil; Session 2: Mechanical behaviour of volcanic rocks; Microstructural features and strength properties of weak pyroclastic rocks from Central Italy; Compressibility of geothermal reservoir rocks from theWairakei-Tauhara fields with insights gained from geotechnical laboratory testing and scanning electron microscope imaging |
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Geomechanical characterization of different lithofacies of the Cuitzeo ignimbritesTriaxial and shear box tests on a pyroclastic soft rock; Failure criterion for low density pyroclasts; Relationship between the isotropic collapse pressure and the uniaxial compressive strength, and depth of collapse, both derived from a new failure criterion for low density pyroclasts; Correlation between the isotropic collapse pressure and the unit weight for low density pyroclasts; Underground caverns in volcanic rocks: Geological aspects and associated geotechnical behaviour of pyroclastic rocks |
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Session 3: Mechanical behaviour of volcanic soilsOne-dimensional compression of volcanic ash of Mount Etna; Geotechnical characterization of Mount Etna ash for its reuse preserving human health; Geotechnical issues concerning the material removal and reuse of pyroclastic soils; VS measurements in volcanic urban areas from ambient noise Rayleigh waves; Collapse-upon-wetting behaviour of a volcanic soil; Experimental investigation and constitutive modelling for an unsaturated pyroclastic soil; Shear strength of a pyroclastic soil measured in different testing devices |
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Experimental study on the shear moduli of volcanic soil with various fines content on equivalent granular void ratio |
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Print version record |
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Andosols-Congresses
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Igneous rocks.
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Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.-Congresses
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igneous rock.
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Igneous rocks
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cecconi, Manuela
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Silvestri, Francesco
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Tommasi, Paolo
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| ISBN |
9781315647913 |
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1315647915 |
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9781317299431 |
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1317299434 |
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