Inherent heterogeneity of sediments in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia-a case study

Engineering Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 305-323

  Al Shayea, Naser A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Construction materials; Heterogeneous materials; Mineral composition; Naturally cemented sand; Sedimentary rocks; Site characterization

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LIMESTONE; PETROLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; SOILS; THERMOANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL TESTS; GEOTECHNICAL TESTS; INHERENT HETEROGENEITY;

SEDIMENTS;

CALCITE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HETEROGENEITY; SEDIMENT; SITE INVESTIGATION;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0034193371     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00098-8     Document Type: Article

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