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Sudden failure of an embankment resting on a clay soil that behaved as a fluid

JJ Schmitter, S Vázquez, RV Orozco, L Reyes

In the proceedings of: GEO2011: 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 5th Pan-American Conference on Teaching and Learning of Geotechnical Engineering

Session: Transportation Geotechnics

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Schmitter, JJ, Vázquez, S, Orozco, RV, Reyes, L (2011) Sudden failure of an embankment resting on a clay soil that behaved as a fluid in GEO2011. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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title = {Sudden failure of an embankment resting on a clay soil that behaved as a fluid}
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 5th Pan-American Conference on Teaching and Learning of Geotechnical Engineering}
year = {2011}
organization = {The Canadian Geotechnical Society},
address = {Ottawa, Canada} }
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