Abstract: Sands consisting of pumice particles are found in the northern part of the North Island of New Zealand. These pumice sands are highly crushable, compressible, and lightweight due to the vesicular nature of the particles, ...

Abstract: This paper focuses on the small-strain shear modulus (Gmax) of natural pumiceous (NP) sands, a type of crushable volcanic soil commonly found in the North Island of New Zealand. These sands are also compressible and ...

Abstract: Sands containing pumice particles are widely distributed over the Waikato Basin, North Island in New Zealand. These pumiceous sands, due to the vesicular nature and presence of internal voids in the particles, are highly ...