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Landslides in Sensitive Clays – From Geosciences to Risk Management Read chapter Read first chapter

2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

3. Nature of Sensitive Clays from Québec

Authors : Jacques Locat, Daniel St-Gelais

Published in: Landslides in Sensitive Clays

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

Quantitative mineralogical analyses of sediment samples from 18 sites in Québec indicate that plagioclase is the most abundant mineral in all soils and that chlorite is generally the dominant clay mineral followed by illite and expandable clays consisting of mixed-layer clays minerals involving vermiculite. The study also illustrates how specific surface area and constitutive water content can be used to evaluate departures from average in the mineralogical composition of sensitive clays. The relationship between activity and specific surface area of sensitive clays shows that when compared to soils from different sedimentary basins that have different mineralogy, they are characterized by a much lower activity and specific surface area.

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Metadata
Title
Nature of Sensitive Clays from Québec
Authors
Jacques Locat
Daniel St-Gelais
Copyright Year
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Landslides in Sensitive Clays

Print ISBN: 978-94-007-7078-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-7079-9

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7079-9_3