Engineering geology of the Aqaba-Ras El Naqab highway re-alignment, Jordan

Engineering Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 107-148

  Al Homoud, Azm S ^a   Tal, Ahmed B ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Geotechnical Eng and Mat Test Co   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Design criteria; Escarpment; Geological formation; Geomorphology; Highway alignment; Marl and clay slopes; Mechanics of movements; Soil parameters; Stability analysis; Structure

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TECTONICS;

DESIGN CRITERIA; ESCARPMENT AREA; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; HIGHWAY ALIGNMENT; MOVEMENT; SLOPES; SOIL PARAMETERS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; TOPPLING;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

GEOLOGY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

JORDAN, AQABA-RAS EL NAQAB HIGHWAY;

EID: 0031208889     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(97)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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