- Title
- The influence of climate as expressed by the Thornthwaite Index on the design depth of moisture change of clay soils in the Hunter Valley
- Creator
- Fityus, Stephen; Walsh, Paul; Kleeman, Peter
- Relation
- Conference on Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology in the Hunter Valley. Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology in the Hunter Valley (Newcastle, NSW 11-13 July, 1998) p. 251-265
- Relation
- http://www.australiangeomechanics.org/index.htm
- Publisher
- Conference Publications (for the Australian Geomechanics Society)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 1998
- Description
- This paper presents details of the method used to determine the Thornwaite Index which is a measure of aridity. The index is then used to provide improved estimates of the depth of design moisture needed for estimating reactive clay movement in the Hunter Valley. Importantly, the method described is consistent wit the methodology and philosophy of AS 2870.
- Subject
- Thornwaite Index; aridity; design moisture; reactive clay movement; Hunter Valley, NSW
- Identifier
- uon:2878
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/31980
- Identifier
- ISBN:1876315113
- Full Text
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