Over the past decades coastal marshes around the world have declined dramatically. Their
deterioration is controlled by scarcity of sediments, erosion and accelerated rise of relative …

An analysis was made of an extensive series of oedometer and triaxial tests on intact
samples of silts and silty clays from the lagoon of Venice, as well as a more limited series of …

To protect the city of Venice against recurrent flooding, a huge project has been undertaken
involving the design and construction of movable gates located at the three lagoon inlets for …

Marine fine-grained soils are well known for their compressibility, which is typically
measured and reported in terms of compression index, C c. The difficulties associated with …

Abstract In Ground Source Heat Pump systems (GSHP) a continuous circulation of a fluid
inside the exchangers installed in the ground transfers heat between the ground and the …

Guidance is provided for geotechnical engineers designing civil engineering works in silty
soils based on a detailed characterisation of a glaciomarine silt from Os in western Norway …

A detailed examination of cone penetration testing in sands, clays, and intermediate soils
(silty-sands, silts, clayey-sands, etc.) is presented. Effects of drainage condition on cone …

The common assumption in geotechnical engineering research and practice has been that
nonplastic silts behave sand-like, whereas, as silts become more plastic, they start to …

It is important for geotechnical engineers to understand the intrinsic and mechanical
behaviour of silt as it is presently recognised that there exist gaps in understanding its …

Prediction of the ultimate settlement is vital for the assessment of the service life of a
structure, particularly when it is underlain by fine-grained soils. As known, this value is a …