Properties and behavior of cemented sand deposits in Kuwait

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 47-57

  Ismael, Nabil F ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Bearing capacity; Cemented sand deposits; Compressibility; Consolidation; Deformation modulus; Settlement; Shear strength; Soil properties (IGC: C8 D5 D6)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004672856     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.39.4_47     Document Type: Article

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