Water in clay soils is considered to be held by capillary and swelling forces. Both forces are operative but the importance of each force depends upon the water content. This relationship was assessed from water retention, swelling pressure, and volume change studies using samples of different aggregate sizes compacted to different porosities. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.70090 |
| Date | January 1966 |
| Creators | Chang, Ren-Kong. |
| Contributors | Warkentin, B. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Soil Science.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000596499, proquestno: AAINK00440, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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