Construction Problems of Engineering Structures Founded on Expansive Soils and Rocks in Northern Oman

Building and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 159-171

  Al Rawas, Amer A ^a   Qamaruddin, Mohammed ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONSTRUCTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EXPANSIVE ROCKS; EXPANSIVE SOILS; SMECTITE CLAY MINERALS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

CONSTRUCTION; EXPANSIVE SOIL; GEOLOGY;

OMAN, AL-KHOD;

EID: 0032031159     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(97)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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