Collapsing loess-like soil in western Saudi Arabia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 383-399

  Al Harthi, Abbas A ^a   Bankher, Khalid A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Collapse; Consolidation; Engineering properties; Loess; Saudi Arabia; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; ENGINEERING PROPERTY; SILTY SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS; SUBSIDENCE;

SAUDI ARABIA; WADI AL-YUTAMAH;

EID: 0032775795     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1999.0494     Document Type: Article

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