Performance of a stabilized marl base: A case study

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 329-340

  Aiban, Saad A ^a   Al Abdul Wahhab, Hamad I ^a   Al Amoudi, Omar Saeed Baghabra ^a   Ahmed, Habibur Rehman ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bases; Marl soils; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DYNAMIC LOADS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PAVEMENTS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL TESTING; STABILIZERS (AGENTS);

GROUNDWATER TABLES; MARL SOILS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0032157966     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(98)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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