Potential of marble dust to stabilise red tropical soils for road construction

Engineering Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 371-380

  Okagbue, C O ^a   Onyeobi, T U S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Marble dust; Red tropical soil; Road construction; Stabilizing agent

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MARBLE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADBUILDING MATERIALS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL TESTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

MARBLE DUSTS; RED TROPICAL SOILS; STABILIZING AGENTS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

DUST; MARBLE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOIL STABILIZATION; TROPICAL SOIL;

EID: 0032766941     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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