Assessment of the industrial utilization of scoria materials in central Harrat Rahat, Saudi Arabia

Engineering Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 155-162

  Moufti, M R ^a   Sabtan, A A ^a   El Mahdy, O R ^a   Shehata, W M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cement additive; Heat insulation; Lightweight aggregate; Pozzolanic activity; Saudi Arabia; Scoria

Indexed keywords

CEMENT ADDITIVES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORTAR; PORTLAND CEMENT; POZZOLAN; THERMAL INSULATION;

LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATES; POZZOLANIC ACTIVITY; SCORIA;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

BASALT; CONCRETE; SCORIA; VOLCANIC ROCK;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0033911484     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(00)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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