The nature of sensitivity in rhyolitic pyroclastic soils from New Zealand.

Sensitive soils with a high ratio of peak to remoulded strength are frequently involved in large, damaging landslides around the world. In New Zealand, sensitive soils are derived from in situ weathering of fine-grain pyroclastic deposits; elsewhere they are typically deposits of glacial derived �...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arthurs, James Melvin
Other Authors: Prebble, Warwick
Published: ResearchSpace@Auckland 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2292/6986