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This paper reports the geotechnical
aspects of an experimental programme
investigating the permeability of shear
zones in clay-rich sediments. Oedometric
and ring shear permeameters were used
to investigate and compare permeability
anisotropy in consolidated and sheared
silty clay, to simulate the behaviour of
wall-rock sediments and shear zone
sediments respectively. In line with other
studies, consolidated silty clay was found
to have no significant permeability
anisotropy, although clay fabric anisotropy
was well developed. However, sheared
silty clay showed an increase in
permeability anisotropy (rk = 316) with
decreasing void ratio (e = 0.80.4),
corresponding to effective stresses of 100
kPa to 4 MPa. This level of anisotropy
was retained during shearing along the
unloading path, and no significant dilation
or enhancement of permeability was
observed.
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Now at Division Mecanique Appliquee, Institut

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Bois-Preau, 92506 Rueil-Malmaison, France.

Now at Scripps Institution of Oceanography,

Geological Research Division, San Diego
California, U.S.A.

Now at School of Earth Sciences, University of

Leeds, U.K.

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