Improvement of marl and dune sand for highway construction in arid areas

Building and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-279

  Al Abdul Wahhab, H I ^a   Asi, I M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ARID REGIONS; ASPHALT; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LIME; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PORTLAND CEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

DUNE SAND; MARL;

SAND;

BACKFILL; LIME; MARL; PORTLAND CEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SAND; SOIL STABILIZATION; SUBGRADE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0031147701     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-1323(96)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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