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Discussion of “Index Test Method for Estimating the Effective Preconsolidation Stress in Clay Deposits” by Karim Kootahi and Paul W. Mayne

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Received: Dec 8, 2016
Accepted: Feb 14, 2017
Published online: Jul 25, 2017
Published in print: Oct 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Dec 25, 2017

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Demetrious C. Koutsoftas [email protected]
Geotechnical Consultant, 60 Joost Ave., San Francisco, CA 94131. E-mail: [email protected]
Karina Karina [email protected]
Geotechnical Consultant, Testana Engineering, Inc., Jl Opak 22 Surabaya, East Java 60241, Indonesia. E-mail: [email protected]
Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 (corresponding author). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0756-9027. E-mail: [email protected]

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