Browsing by Subject "Clay"
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(2014-12-09)Clay swelling and fines migration can cause formation damage of hydrocarbon bearing zones and prevent economic realization of oil/gas wells. Identification and management of clay particles in the formation is a necessary ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)This research was a detailed study of the clay fabrics and selected geotechnical properties of cored submarine sediment sampled to depths of 150 m from the Mississippi Prodelta depositional environment. The clay fabric ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)The research presented herein is a new design and development of a special methodology to delineate the nature of clay fabric in natural sediments under in situ downhole pressure conditions using pressurized core barrel ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1958)
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(2010-07-14)The Texas Blackland Prairie is one of the most productive agricultural regions in Texas. This region provides a long growing season coupled with soils that have a high water holding capacity. However, the soils also provide ...
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(2019-10-14)People and animals can be unintentionally exposed to mixtures of hazardous mycotoxins and environmental chemicals following natural and man-made disasters through contaminated food, feed supplies and drinking water. To ...
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(2019-10-30)This thesis describes the research undertaken to determine the origins of bricks recovered during the underwater excavations of Port Royal, Jamaica, conducted from 1981-1990. To evaluate where these bricks were made, X-ray ...
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(2009-05-15)Meander migration is a complex and dynamic process of the lateral movement of a river due to erosion on one bank and deposition on the opposite bank. As a result, the channel migrates in a lateral direction, which might ...
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(2009-05-15)Smectite clay has been shown in studies over the past 20 years to sorb aflatoxin B1 (AfB1) in animal feed and thereby reduce its toxic influence on animals. In this study, 20 smectite samples were selected from industrial ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1972)A procedure for obtaining soil damping constants for use in wave equation analyses using full-scale test piles and measured field data was developed in this study. The validity of the procedure was shown through correlation ...