The factors controlling the expansive nature of the soils and rocks of Northern Oman

Engineering Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 327-350

  Al Rawas, Amer A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Cations; Expansive soils and rocks; Microfabric; Mineralogy; Oman; Swell percent; Swell pressure; Swelling potential

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; POSITIVE IONS; ROCK MECHANICS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; SWELLING;

GROUND HEAVE; SMECTITES;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

CATION; CLAY MINERAL; EXPANSIVE SOIL; HEAVE; SMECTITE; SWELLING; TEXTURE;

OMAN;

EID: 0032804753     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(98)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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