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Original Articles

Evaluation for intrinsic compressibility of reconstituted clay using liquid limit, initial water content and plasticity index

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Pages 1332-1350 | Received 07 Feb 2017, Accepted 19 Jun 2017, Published online: 03 Jul 2017

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