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Record 1 1978-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
  • Soil Science
  • Geology
OBS

The "unit weight" of soil solids per unit of total volume of soil mass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Science du sol
  • Géologie
OBS

(...) poids de l'unité de volume du sol sec, c'est-à-dire après que l'eau contenue ait été entièrement chassée (par étuvage par exemple.)

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
OBS

as soil compaction proceeds, -- increases. The increase is rapid at first, but it becomes less with each additional application of energy until finally it is negligible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols

Spanish

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