Expansive characteristics of gypsiferous/anhydritic soil formations

Engineering Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-107

  Azam, Shahid ^a   Abduljauwad, Sahel N ^a   Al Shayea, Naser A ^a   Al Amoudi, Omar S B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Calcium sulphate; Dissolution; Expansive soil; Phase transformation

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GYPSUM; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEDIMENTS;

ANHYDRITIC SOIL FORMATIONS; EXPANSIVE SOIL;

SOILS;

ANHYDRITE; EXPANSIVE SOIL; GYPSUM; SEMIARID REGION;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032468513     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(98)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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