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Insight into the formation of marine clay structure and its effect on the correlation of index properties with engineering properties

verfasst von: Zhibin Luo, Zhangming Li, Yong Fu, David Airey

Erschienen in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment | Ausgabe 8/2024

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Structured marine clay is commonly encountered in offshore engineering projects and engineers are concerned about its impact on the engineering properties of marine clay as well as its correlation with index properties. Current research has emphasized the role of soil structure in these aspects of marine clay. In this study, we investigated the influence of depositional environment and oxidation-induced evolution of clay microstructure on the formation of clay structure in structured clay from Zhanjiang area, a coastal city located in South China. The distinct soil structure observed in marine-terrigenous clay deposited under different environments exhibited sensitivity ranging from 1.6 to 8.9 at varying moisture content levels. The wide range of sensitivity observed in structured marine-terrigenous clay was attributed to free iron oxide derived from siderite present in an acidic environment. Compared to other regions, Zhanjiang marine clay demonstrated favorable mechanical properties but poor physical properties due to its unique clay structure characteristics. Based on these findings, we proposed a modified approach for correlating index properties with engineering properties that yielded good predictions.

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Titel: Insight into the formation of marine clay structure and its effect on the correlation of index properties with engineering properties
verfasst von: Zhibin Luo
Zhangming Li
Yong Fu
David Airey
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2024
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment / Ausgabe 8/2024
Print ISSN: 1435-9529
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-9537
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-024-03796-6

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