Stabilization of expansive clays in Oman

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 503-510

  Basma, Adnan A ^a   Al Rawas, Amer A ^a   Al Saadi, Saleh N ^a   Al Zadjali, Talal F ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Cement; Clay; Expansive soils; Salt; Sand; Swell behavior; Swell percent; Swell pressure

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EXPANSIVE SOIL; SOIL STABILIZATION;

OMAN;

EID: 0032467490     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iv.4.503     Document Type: Article

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