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The Alteration Characteristics of the Lower Oxford Clay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

J. O. Jackson
J. O. Jackson*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria
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Abstract

Alternating 'hard' and 'soft' bands at close intervals are exhibited by the slope faces of brick-pits in the Lower Oxford Clay which have been subjected to prolonged exposure. This phenomenon was investigated to evaluate the geotechnical properties which were significant in its development. The results of laboratory tests indicate that the alteration or short-term weathering characteristics of clay-shales may be influenced by the higher degree of preferred orientation of the clay-mineral component, in inducing a stronger inter-particle bond in 'hard' samples which inhibits weathering.

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Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , December 1973 , pp. 113 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1973

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