Can we assess the effect of storage time on fine-grained soil samples? Available to Purchase

The reliable characterisation of fine-grained soil samples requires undisturbed sampling, followed by careful material handling. However, this is not a straightforward task because changes in soil conditions during drilling operations, stress relief due to the sampling procedure, moisture redistribution during storage, and the extrusion procedure and specimen preparation techniques used for laboratory testing, among other factors, can all affect the quality of samples (e.g. Baligh et al., 1987; Bjerrum, 1973; Clayton et al., 1992; Donohue and Long, 2009; Hight et al., 1992; Hvorslev, 1949; Karlsrud and Hernandez-Martinez, 2013; La Rochelle...