Improvement of clay soils in situ using lime piles in the UK

Engineering Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-257

  Rogers, C D F ^a   Glendinning, S ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ground improvement; Lime columns; Lime piles; Lime stabilisation; Slope stabilisation; Soft soil treatment

Indexed keywords

LIME; PILES; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILIZATION;

GROUND IMPROVEMENT; LIME PILES; SOFT SOIL TREATMENT;

CLAY;

CLAY; LIME COLUMN; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL STABILIZATION;

UK;

EID: 0031554742     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(97)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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